Former Labour minister Tulip Siddiq has accused the Bangladeshi authorities of mounting a "targeted and baseless" campaign against her.
In a letter to Bangladesh's Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), the MP's lawyers say allegations of corruption are "false and vexatious" and have never been formally put to her by investigators, despite being briefed to the media.
Siddiq resigned as economic secretary to the Treasury, with responsibility for tackling corruption in the UK's financial markets, in January.
The Hampstead and Highgate MP insisted at the time she had done nothing wrong but that she did not want to be a "distraction" to the government.
In a letter accepting her resignation, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, a close friend of Siddiq who represents a neighbouring constituency in North London, said the "door remains open" to her return.
Siddiq had referred herself to the PM's ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus when the corruption allegations first surfaced in January.
Sir Laurie said in his report that he had "not identified evidence of improprieties".
But he added it was "regrettable" that Siddiq had not been more alert to the "potential reputational risks" of the ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh and leader of Awami League party.
The ACC is examining claims Sheikh Hasina and her family embezzled up to 3.9bn from infrastructure spending in Bangladesh.
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