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Bangladesh emergency Govt frees ex-PM

BANGLADESH: Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed was released from detention on corruption charges Wednesday as part of an apparent political deal between her party and the army-backed government.

The leader of the Awami League party, who has been held on graft charges for almost a year, is to leave the country early Thursday for the United States, where she will be treated for hearing problems, officials said.

"She has just been released from a special prison and she is heading to her home," additional deputy police commissioner Ruhul Amin told AFP. Sheikh Hasina left her jail in a heavily-guarded SUV, and was greeted by thousands of supporters gathered outside.

Many tossed flowers onto the vehicle, forcing the motorcade to slow to a crawl as it made its way through the crowds, an AFP reporter on the scene said.

In a surprise move Monday, Bangladesh's emergency army-backed government gave permission for Sheikh Hasina, who led the country from 1996 to 2001, to be released. But it is leaving the graft charges in place, and Sheikh Hasina is to be tried in absentia.

The government is trying to end a stalemate with the two main political parties, the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Dhaka, Wednesday, AFP

 

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