Bangladeshi officials testify against former British minister who is neice of deposed prime minister

Bangladeshi officials testify against former British minister who is neice of deposed prime minister World Aug 13, 2025 2:14 PM EDT

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladeshi anti-corruption officials testified in court on Wednesday against former British anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq, accusing her of using a family connection to the deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to obtain state-owned land in the South Asian country.

Siddiq, who is Hasina’s niece, resigned from her post in Prime Minister Keir Starmer ’s government in January following reports that she lived in London properties linked to her aunt and was named in an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh.

She is being tried together with her mother, Sheikh Rehana, brother Radwan Mujib and sister Azmina. Siddiq has been c