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flag A Bangladeshi court sentenced former PM Sheikh Hasina to five years in absentia over land corruption, with her sister and niece also convicted.

flag A Dhaka court has sentenced former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison and her niece, UK Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, to two years in absentia on corruption charges tied to the alleged illegal allocation of a Dhaka land plot during Hasina’s tenure. flag Hasina’s sister, Sheikh Rehana, received a seven-year sentence as the main defendant. flag The case, linked to a government housing project, alleges political influence and collusion, with all three fined 100,000 taka ($1,250) each. flag Siddiq, who resigned from her UK government role in January, called the trial politically motivated and unfair, with no opportunity to defend herself. flag Hasina, now in exile in India, has previously been sentenced to death and 21 years in other cases. flag Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, faces criticism over the verdict, which lacks international enforcement due to no extradition treaty with the UK.

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