Wednesday, February 9, 2011
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=28378
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the case against BNP Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman cannot be run under Money Laundering Prevention Act of 2009.
The court, however, said the prosecution can proceed the case under the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2002 as the reported incident of money laundering took place before 2009.
The Appellate Division headed by ABM Khairul Haque came up with the ruling after disposing of a leave-to-appeal petition filed by Tarique against a HC order.
The HC on September 29 last year rejected a writ petition filed by Tarique which challenged the legality of proceedings against Tarique in the money laundering case.
The ACC filed the case on October 26, 2009 with a Dhaka court against Tarique and his business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun on charges of illegally sending Tk 20.41 crore to Singapore between 2003 and 2007.