Khaleda Zia, the Bangladesh opposition leader convicted for 5 years

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, Feb 08, 2018, 08:03 PM

Khaleda Zia, the Bangladesh opposition leader convicted for 5 years

Dhaka, Feb 08: Just few minutes before Khaleda Zia, the Bangladesh opposition leader and former Prime Minister was sentenced to five years jail in graft case, she asked her relatives to be strong.

Zia was convicted of embezzling $253,000 in donations meant for an orphanage, established in her late husband Ziaur Rahman's memory when she was the prime minister from 2001-2006, a charge she had consistently dismissed as politically motivated.

As she left her Gulshan residence for the court she said to her relatives "There is no need to cry. I will be alright. You all wait, I will be back,".