DHAKA ( 2009-03-17 20:43:48 ) :The younger son of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been sued for money laundering. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Tuesday filed the case against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia's younger son Arafat Rahman Koko for siphoning off about 192.6 million taka to Singapore. ACC deputy director Abu Sayed, who filed the case with Kafrul police station, told newsmen that Koko has been accused of siphoning off Singapore $28,84,603 (128.8 million taka) and US$ 9,32,672 (63.8 million taka) into two accounts in Singapore. According to the first-information report (FIR) on the money-laundering case, the money was taken out of the country during 2004-2007 period. It was stated in the FIR that Singapore$ 28,84,603 was stashed into the account of a company named ZASZ while US$ 9,32,672 into the account of another company under the name of Fairhill Consulting Private Limited. The case has been filed under the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2009. Koko, who was arrested along with her mother Khaleda on September 3, 2007 in connection with a graft case amid a massive anti-graft purge, is now on parole and undergoing treatment at a Bangkok hospital. This is the third case filed against Koko by the ACC. Earlier, during the countrywide drive following the political changeover in 2007, he was sued in the Gatco case and for amassing illegal wealth. |
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