In Bangladesh former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Shahjahan Chowdhury was given a 10 years' imprisonment for corruption. Meanwhile, Faisal Morshed Khan, who is the son of former foreign minister M Morshed Khan was given seven years for aiding and abetting Shahjahan.
The Special Court-2 of Judge Amar Kumar Roy delivered the verdict in the illegal wealth accumulation and concealment case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on July 1 last year.
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