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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

[ALOCHONA] Re: [notun_bangladesh] Re: [Amra-Bangladesi] Reflections on Colonel Taher’s death [Who is running the Care Taker Government in Bangladesh ?]

late Taher was  a sector commander .But he  played a role to break discipline in the army       .      He    tried  to compel Zia          to sign so called 12 condition that means return to  one partry system .               he was sentenced to death by a court where BAL supporter advocate Gajiul Hoque    was his lawyer.
                                                                                                                                            

Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
Md. Mostafa Kamal
 
Now you have resorted to your patisan name calling.
Sorry, you are so unnerved & utterly upset ..... you can fool all
Bangladeshis for some times ..... some Bangladeshis for all times ...
not all Bangladeshis for all times ....
 
Self-proclaimed patriots writes history to suit their narrow
political needs... and as always:  Patriotism last resort of a
scoundrel ...
 
Thank you for revealing yourself as a self-proclaimed patriot
and expressing your partisan views.....
 
So long..
 
Syed Aslam
 
 
 


 
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Md. Mostafa Kamal <mmk3k@yahoo.com> wrote:
Mr. Aslam,
 
Again you have proved yourself that you're a very smart person indeed.
 
You have failed to realize or feigned act of denying that Col' Taher's moralities were not supported by the majority people of Bangladesh. You're ignoring & denying that over dozens of innocent army officers were killed by his order after 7th November. It is clearly a murder & threat to the army chain of command. So as a BAL supporter you & your party also the pro-Indian-secularists will never accept the trial of Col' Taher under the martial law. That is very normal. But conscious people in Bangladesh & all over the world will agree that Col' Taher is simply a murderer & which his punishment was 100% correct. Zia's theory Bangladesh Nationalism, respecting Islamic values & democracy is supported by the majority people of Bangladesh. You, Lifschul Guz & other are just like "There is a madness in his method". You guys want simply unrest Bangladesh & propaganda against the real patriot people of Bangladesh. Whether you like it or not Col' Taher had faced the trial which far & far better than extra judicial killing of Siraj Shikder. I am very surprised that why in this world so called journalist Lifschul Guz did not speak about the extra judicial killing of Siraj Shikder? I believe this Goose is hired by BAL & Indian-US loby to blame the BNP & the patriots of Bangladesh. Zia has the support of 60% people of Bangladesh where Col' Taher has almost no support & definitely majority people of Bangladesh supports that Col' Taher's execution is 100% correct. They are happy to see the murderer of innocent army officers got the punishment which he deserved. Only evil person like you show the crocodile tears for it.
 
Thank You All,
 
Md. Mostafa Kamal.


--- On Tue, 10/14/08, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
Subject: [notun_bangladesh] Re: [Amra-Bangladesi] Reflections on Colonel Taher's death [Who is running the Care Taker Government in Bangladesh ?]

To: Amra-Bangladesi@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 2:36 PM

.
Mr. Md. Mostafa Kamal
 
Why someone has to prove himself "as a very smart person" by posting
in yahoo groups? Is that the reason you send your posts in different
yahoo groups and web sites?
 
I have to admit, you are a very smart person and have been consistenly
proving your smartnes & bravado through your partisan tokenism, slogan
mongering and unverified claims.You even pretend to a witness to the events
that took place before your birth (1975-76) without plausible references.
 
Mr. Ayubi has clearly put it: "I guess Taher had to die because he was
over ambitious and he had already built a base in the Army and in the
civilaian political arena.  Zia felt threatened from him and he felt that
if Taher is not eleiminated he is going to be eliminated by Taher. The
reason Taher helped in Zia's rescue was to ewlimingfate
Khalid Mosharraf. Zia did not want the fate of Mosharraf. So he had
to kill him.  It was not a mistake. It was a well calculted murder. -
                Ayubi "
 
Yes, it was a murder, a cold blooded murder in the name of justice! 
Issue here is was Colonel Taher received a fair trial or not.
Clearly  Taher did not receive a fair trial .... 
it was simply a mockery of trial .........
 
The rule of law  and Fair Trials are fundamental component of a
democratic society.  However, "selective morality", selective justice"
and "guilty as charged"  in a closely guarded high security area
within the precincts of the Dhaka Central Jail turns the civil
society into an evil society..... ..
That's what we saw in past  and that's what we see in the present ....no
one knows how long it will continue !.
 
Syed Aslam

 
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Md. Mostafa Kamal <mmk3k@yahoo. com> wrote:
Mr. Aslam,
 
You want to prove yourself as a very smart person. Col' Taher's moral value was not supported by the maximum citizens of Bangladesh, the SHRENI SONGRAM. That is why after 7th Novmber 1975 his killing of over dozens of army officers convicted him as murderer. Simply he was a blackmailer. The people of Bangladesh did not give him any sort of ownership. So Zia had left no option but had to put Col' Taher for Trial. Majority people of Bangladesh have accepted the theory of Zia & definitely not Taher's. You will have to take the help of microscope find genuine & sincere supporter of Colonel Taher. So please do not waste your time.
 
Thank You All,
 
Md. Mostafa Kamal.
 


--- On Mon, 10/13/08, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@ gmail.com> wrote:
 
From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@ gmail.com>
Subject: [Amra-Bangladesi] Reflections on Colonel Taher's death [Who is running the Care Taker Government in Bangladesh ?]
Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 12:22 AM

Oh, yeah !
That was the revenge of the "Officers" ..... Colonel Taher was found "guilty as charged"
in sham-trial ..... not only that ... another 253 ordinary soilders were hanged in the
Dhaka Central Jail to "supress the rebellion" and a officerdom was created in Bangladesh.
which is continuing till to day.[Just guess, Who is running the Care Taker Government in Bangladesh ]
 
Read the glimpse of the sham-trial below:
Reflections on Colonel Taher's death

AMM Shawkat Ali
Every year Colonel Taher is remembered on the date he was hanged by the neck until he was dead. The hanging took place in Dhaka Central Jail on July 21, 1976. The verdict on his death by hanging was said to have been passed by a Special Military Tribunal at a time when the country had its first bout of experience with martial law. It may well be called the third bout if the infamous martial laws of 1958 and 1969 of pre-1971 period are taken into account

Remembrance with a difference
   Reflections on Colonel Taher's death this year is significantly different from all previous years. The primary reason is the number of meetings and columns in the media that unfolded some untold stories relating to the circumstances that led to the infamous verdict on his death by hanging. The major contribution in this regard has been made by Lawrence Lifschultz who worked for the Far Eastern Economic Review. Lifschultz appears to have made the point, not unknown to many in Bangladesh, that it was simply a mockery of trial. Indeed, any trial by a specially constituted military tribunal by its very nature is a denial of justice as it is known and understood in a civilised sense. What has been left unsaid is the fact that on August 14, 1975, a duly elected government was overthrown through a military coup organised by a small number of retired and serving army officers of relatively junior rank. They remained above law for a long time and were protected probably to justify the dictum that a successful revolution is its own justification. However, the substantive point made by Lifschultz is that (a) even the trial by the special military tribunal was vitiated by legal flaws, (b) the trial was not held in pubic but in closely guarded high security area within the precincts of the Dhaka Central Jail, (c) the lawyers for the prosecution and defence had to utter oaths of secrecy relating to the trial and (d) the trial was completed with undue haste. In sum, Taher was denied the due process of law which led Lifschultz to conclude that it was utterly wrong and the time has come for the government to admit it to be so. He has cited the cases in other countries and advocated the constitution of a commission more or less on the lines of the Truth Commission of South Africa. The primary objective is to bring out the truth and not force the citizens of today and tomorrow to continue to believe what essentially may well be a pack of lies.
   
   Is that possible?
   The impassioned appeal made by Lifschultz may well fall on deaf ears if the powers that are or will be in future. For the present government, it is all the more so because of historical connections of the BNP with its founding father, late general Ziaur Rahman. It was during his initial rise to power, after a series of coups and counter-coups, that the ill-framed verdict was announced. In 1976, he was not the chief marital law administrator (CMLA) but was nevertheless the chief of the army. It is a sad and tragic commentary on the role played by a former chief justice who thought it fit to adorn the offices of CMLA as well as the president. Even more saddening is the fact that Lifschultz has cited the commitment of the very same chief justice quoting his own verdict in the case relating to Purnachandra Mandal. In that case, the chief justice asserted that the inalienable right of a citizen as an accused person to have access to the due process of law cannot be interfered with. This commitment of a judge, if Lifschultz is to be believed, vanished when the judge adorned the two most powerful offices of CMLA and president. However, without further material evidence supportive of this conclusion, it is perhaps not fair to arrive at a definite and incontrovertible conclusion.
   
   Freedom of the press denied
   As with will martial law situations, freedom of the press not only in terms of access to information but also the right to publish information on the infamous trial was denied. Lifschultz was first detained and later deported. He, however, could smuggle out his story on the process of trial.
   
   Why special military tribunal?
   The constitution of a Special Military Tribunal cannot perhaps be questioned. That is the standard procedure when a country is under martial law. The precedence in this regard was set first in 1958 and then in 1969 when Bangladesh formed the eastern part of Pakistan. Generally, two types of military courts are set up to quell any resistance to martial law government. A court of inferior jurisdiction called the Summary Martial Law Court and one of higher jurisdiction called the Special Military Court. The debate opened by Lifschultz merits further probe. Did the tribunal which passed the verdict conform to the latter type? During 1958 and in 1969, Special Military Courts held the proceedings of trial in the open public view, of course within the precincts of the court room. The trial of Taher was an exception to the general precedent set by the Pakistani military rulers. This remains the major point of contention of Lifschultz. Again, during 1958 martial law, district or additional sessions judges were made members of the Special Military Court. The Summary Military Courts in some cases included magistrates. The idea probably was to put up an appearance of credibility in public. It is not known or is not otherwise clear from the account given by Lifschultz whether the Special Military Tribunal followed the same lines. This is well worth further investigation.
   
   Why oaths of secrecy for the lawyers?
   Another important area of further probe relates to the oaths of secrecy for the lawyers on either side of the aisle. Is this permitted under the relevant military act and army rules and instructions? Leaving aside this issue, was it permitted by the terms of reference under which the Special Military Tribunal which was constituted by a martial law order (MLO)? Did the then CMLA and President assent to such a horrendous course of action? Above all, why did the celebrated lawyers accept such demeaning arrangement?
   
   Will truth ever be known?
   It is idle to speculate if the mystery surrounding the infamous verdict will ever be known. Lifschultz has suggested one way-out in the form of a Truth Commission. The Truth Commission in South Africa, as far as is known, required voluntary disclosure. Obviously the lawyers participating in the trial, now dead, cannot testify voluntarily. Those who are living are relevant. Will they testify, if not before a Truth Commission which will probably never be formed, at least to the public.
   
   More threads to the untold story
   It is indeed relevant to add to the account given by Lifschultz. If a former chief justice who united in himself the two most powerful sources of authority for governance could not, for reasons as yet unknown, assert his authority in respect of the undue process of trial of Taher, the then Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dhaka did. Immediately after the date of hanging of Taher was fixed, there was an official direction over telephone from the Home Ministry that the DC must be present at hanging site inside Dhaka Central Jail. The DC was neither a trained lawyer nor ever, except as a sub-divisional magistrate, tried any criminal case. He was of only ten years of experience in civil service. Yet, by his sense of judgment and limited experience, he sensed something was wrong.
   
   The jail code
   In DC's office, there is a specific branch that deals with criminal cases and complaints relating to jail including police administration. The branch is called Judicial Munshikhana (JM) headed by a magistrate. The DC asked the magistrate-in- charge of JM to see him with the jail code. The magistrate, Khundkar Fazlur Rahman, now a retired secretary to the government, came with the Jail Code. The relevant parts of the Jail Code were carefully examined by the DC. It was found out that (a) the requirement was to send a magistrate and (b) the hanging verdict must come from a duly constituted court of law. The DC asked the magistrate to send a letter to the home ministry correctly reflecting the requirements as stated above.. A question was also raised by the DC whether a civil jail should be the appropriate site for hanging since the verdict was passed by a military tribunal. The then home secretary, immediately on receipt of this reference from JM signed by the magistrate in charge, called up the DC. He accepted the point but at the same time stated that the relevant parts of the Jail Code would be amended. A copy of the formal amendment was sent which validated the hanging of Taher in the Dhaka Central Jail. However, the home ministry left untouched the provision of presence of a magistrate of competent jurisdiction at the hanging site. Magistrate Fazlur Rahman attended.
   
   Account of Fazlur Rahman
 
   Fazlur Rahman told the DC then and also after his retirement from service, the courageous way that Taher faced the 'journey into the undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns'. The DC retired from service in 2001 and Fazlur Rahman, as already stated, did so few years thereafter. They still fondly remember Taher for his undaunted courage of conviction and refusal to be on the receiving side. If only other sections of celebrated citizens in high office could emulate the example set by Taher, the country could be a better place of the citizens. Specially for the DC, it was very shocking. In 1974, the DC happened to issue an appointment to Taher as director of the Dredger Organisation of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB). The DC then was member-administrati on of BWDB. The order was issued pursuant to a decision given by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The decision was communicated over telephone by the then minister in charge of flood control and water development, the late lamented Abdur Rab Serniabat.

   Taher met the member administration in his office and received the order of appointment. He was to be based in Narayanganj. Taher, on receipt of the order, requested the member administration to visit his office. The member administration never knew that two years later as DC he would be asked by the government to attend the hanging of Taher.

Front Page

... as the South Asia correspondent of the Far Eastern Economic Review, on Friday said it was time to overturn the judgement in the trial of Colonel Taher, ...
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Putting Factions 'Back in' the Civil-Military Relations Equation ...

33 The Far Eastern Economic Review, 16th January, 1976. ...... Colonel Taher's 11th sector brigade has been popularly considered as the '4th mukti bahini'. ...
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The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 766

... South Asia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review which meant I ... July 21 was the 30th anniversary of the execution of Colonel Abu Taher. ...
 
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On 10/12/08, Md. Mostafa Kamal <mmk3k@yahoo. com> wrote:
SIPAHI SIPAHI BHAI BHAI,
OFFICERER ROKTO CHAI!
 
This was the suicidal reason that Colonel Taher had to face his own fate.
 
Md. Mostafa Kamal.


--- On Sat, 10/11/08, Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo. com> wrote:
 
From: Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [vinnomot] Re: [Dahuk]: Re: [Amra-Bangladesi] Re: [notun_banglades h] Who is runni ng the Care Taker Government in Bangladesh ?
To: Amra-Bangladesi@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 3:57 PM


I guess Taher had to die because he was over ambitious and he had already built a base in the Army and in the civilaian political arena.  Zia felt threatened from him and he felt that if Taher is not eleiminated he is going to be eliminated by Taher. The reason Taher helped in Zia's rescue was to ewlimingfate Khalid Mosharraf. Zia did not want the fate of Mosharraf. So he had to kill him.  It was not a mistake. It was a well calculted murder.
                       Ayubi

--- On Sat, 10/11/08, mohiuddin@netzero. net <mohiuddin@netzero. net> wrote:
 
From: mohiuddin@netzero. net <mohiuddin@netzero. net>
Subject: Re: [vinnomot] Re: [Dahuk]: Re: [Amra-Bangladesi] Re: [notun_banglades h] Who is runni ng the Care Taker Government in Bangladesh ?
To: Amra-Bangladesi@ yahoogroups. com
Cc: Amra-Bangladesi@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 4:45 AM

 
 
Mr. Aslam,
 
  I never justified the killing of Col.Taher( who helped Zia by revolting against pro-Awami  coup led by Awami M.P. Rashed Mosharraf's brother Brig. Khaled Mosharraf)as a result Zia was freed by Sipahi/Jonota from house arrest by revolting Mosharraf follwers.. Without active help from  Taher's Gonobahini ,mobilization of military forces could have been difficult at that time. But  why Taher was punished we still donot know. Personally I think killing the savior was unforgivable mistake by Zia.
   Promoter of Bangladesh's "Scientific Socialism"  theory 'Mehnoti Jonotar Konthoshor' ASM Abdur Rob still alive who once served as Minister under Netri Hasina can inform you  about how many JSD workers were killed by Rakkhibahi and other Petoa Bahini .Of course Gonobahini also killed some followers of Mujib at that time.I don't keep record of those numbers.
   Killing  Chatro Union workers Motiul Kader and killing JSD workers had different objective. Motiul and Kader was B-team members ,unfortunately killed by Mujib's Police force  and there was no commission was formed to find out how those two B-team members were killed. Even B-team leaders had to apologize to Mujib for this demonstration against the A-Team government. B-Team leaders never comemorated those unfortunate workers.
M.Anwar_
____________ _________ _________ _________ ____-
Mr. Mohiuddin Anwar
 
Therefore, you are justifying the hanging of Colonel Taher in 1976 because
some violation was done by "Mujibi Police force". How can one one wrong validates
other wrong doings? How about your Boiganic Samajtantra? Can you provide us
with a list of Jassod workers killed by Rakkhi Bahini?

 



 
2008/10/9 mohiuddin@netzero. net <mohiuddin@netzero. net>
What happened to Chatro Union workers Motiul/ Kader who were killed by Mujibi Police force in front of Dhaka Press Club just after liberation while observing  Vietnam Day. After the death of Motiul and Kader Chatro Union created Motiul Kader Smriti Stombo in fron of Press club and later removed by unknown group. Why Motia/Shuronjeet never recall their sacrfice ?
Mujib er ek dhomokei Chatro Uniuon Shur Shur kore A team er kache har mane and Sheikh Mujib er kache kritokormer jonnyo khoma chai. This is the real charecter of Apa party leaders.




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