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The former Labour Treasury minister who resigned after being linked to a corruption scandal has accused Bangladeshi authorities of making “false and vexatious” claims in a “targeted and baseless” campaign against her.
Tulip Siddiq left Government in January amid scrutiny over her links to her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, who is Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister.
Bangladesh’s opposition politicians called for the Hampstead and Highgate MP to be extradited to answer questions about her alleged role in a nuclear power plant deal with Russia and accusations of money laundering.
In her first significant response since her resignation Ms Siddiq, who has always denied any wrongdoing, on Wednesday questioned why the Bangladeshi government had repeatedly briefed UK media but had not put any allegations to her directly.
In a letter to the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) , which is examining claims that Ms Hasina and her family misappropriated billions of pounds of state money, her lawyers accused the organisation of an “on-going targeted and baseless campaign”.
The ACC said it is also investigating whether Ms Siddiq’s 700,000 London flat was purchased with embezzled funds, a claim Ms Siddiq’s lawyers branded “absurd”.
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