INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Anti-money laundering officials in Bangladesh have demanded bank account details for Tulip Siddiq, the UK anti-corruption minister, in the
whether Siddiq, a close ally of the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, helped embezzle billions of pounds as part of a deal for a
Russian-funded nuclear power plant.Siddiq was pictured alongside her aunt and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in 2013 but has denied
and financial institutions to share the account information and transaction details of the seven family members and their associated
businesses.Siddiq, 42, has been under pressure for several weeks over claims about her links to the former Bangladeshi government.On Monday
she referred herself to the ministerial standards watchdog after it was alleged she had lived in properties in London that had been paid for
Siddiq took ownership of that property in 2004 without paying for it.Over the weekend it was also reported that she had lived in a property
However, for the avoidance of doubt, she would like the independent adviser to independently establish the facts about these
A No 10 spokesperson said the adviser would be able to set the scope of his own inquiries.Hasina came to power in 2009, with her regime
later facing accusations of authoritarianism, human rights abuses and corruption
She resigned and fled the country last year after days of protests led by student activists, in which hundreds of people died.The Observer
revealed in November that Bangladeshi investigators believe a handful of powerful families and businesses linked to the Awami League party
acquired billions of pounds by illicit means and siphoned the money out of the country.Siddiq has previously denied being connected to the
This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com
