Refworld | Bangladesh: 1. Please provide key dates in the Bangladeshi government's MiG-29 jet fighter aircraft purchase and later corruption trials. 2. Please provide information regarding the current status of any legal action, in particular against former Ministry of Defence officials such as Syed Yusuf Hossain and Hossain Serniabat. Please provide information confirming that the charges against President Sheikh Hasina have lapsed or have been formally dropped. 3. Do reports confirm that charges against Brigadier General (retired) Iftekhar-Ul-Bashar and former Ministry of Defence Deputy Secretary Hasan Mahmood Delwar were dropped for lack of evidence? 4. Please provide any other relevant information, for example the profile of the MiG-29 corruption case or public comment on its future prospects.

Title	Bangladesh: 1. Please provide key dates in the Bangladeshi government's MiG-29 jet fighter aircraft purchase and later corruption trials. 2. Please provide information regarding the current status of any legal action, in particular against former Ministry of Defence officials such as Syed Yusuf Hossain and Hossain Serniabat. Please provide information confirming that the charges against President Sheikh Hasina have lapsed or have been formally dropped. 3. Do reports confirm that charges against Brigadier General (retired) Iftekhar-Ul-Bashar and former Ministry of Defence Deputy Secretary Hasan Mahmood Delwar were dropped for lack of evidence? 4. Please provide any other relevant information, for example the profile of the MiG-29 corruption case or public comment on its future prospects.
Publisher	Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal
Publication Date	23 March 2009
Country	Bangladesh
Topics	Corruption \| Good governance \| Independence of judiciary \| Political groups \| Political parties \| Political situation
Citation / Document Symbol	BGD34408
Cite as	Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal, Bangladesh: 1. Please provide key dates in the Bangladeshi government's MiG-29 jet fighter aircraft purchase and later corruption trials. 2. Please provide information regarding the current status of any legal action, in particular against former Ministry of Defence officials such as Syed Yusuf Hossain and Hossain Serniabat. Please provide information confirming that the charges against President Sheikh Hasina have lapsed or have been formally dropped. 3. Do reports confirm that charges against Brigadier General (retired) Iftekhar-Ul-Bashar and former Ministry of Defence Deputy Secretary Hasan Mahmood Delwar were dropped for lack of evidence? 4. Please provide any other relevant information, for example the profile of the MiG-29 corruption case or public comment on its future prospects., 23 March 2009, BGD34408, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4f40e9e12.html [accessed 26 May 2023]
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