Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years prison in absentia

Siddiq, who serves as an MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London, has denied the allegationsA Bangladesh court has sentenced British MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail, in a corruption case involving the alleged illegal allocation of a plot of land.Siddiq, who serves as an MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London, had denied the allegations and the trial was conducted in her absence. Continue reading…