UK Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in prison at corruption trial in Bangladesh
The Labour MP resigned her ministerial post earlier this year after she was accused of illegally receiving a plot of land from her aunt. She was being tried in absentia.
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in jail for corruption in Bangladesh.
Ms Siddiq was accused of using her influence over her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, the country's former prime minister, to illegally secure plots of land for her family members in the suburbs of the capital, Dhaka.
She was being tried in absentia.
Her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, was ousted last year and has since been sentenced to death, although she fled to India before she could be arrested.
Ms Siddiq, her niece, has described herself as "collateral damage" in the new Bangladesh government's campaign against Ms Hasina, and previously said the trial was based on "fabricated accusations and driven by a clear political vendetta".
In response to the sentence on Monday, Ms Siddiq said the "whole process has been flawed and farcical from the beginning to the end".
"The outcome of this kangaroo court is as predictable as it is unjustified," she added. "I hope this so-called 'verdict' will be treated with the contempt it deserves.
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