Frail enlighten minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak, who is below trial on charges of crimes against humanity, acknowledged he has “turn out to be restful”.
He made the reveal in reply to questions from journalists about his well-being when he received out of the World Crimes Tribunal after a hearing in a case nowadays (17 December).
After coming into into the prison van, he asked journalists via the ventilator, “Are you [journalists] doing well? As prolonged because it’s doubtless you’ll perchance perchance perchance presumably be well, or now no longer it’s all true.”
Responding to his question, loads of journalists acknowledged, “We are doing well. How are you?”
Palak replied, “We are preserving mum, brother, mum. Are you free? Now we hold turn out to be restful.”
Earlier within the day, 16 excessive-profile contributors, at the side of Palak, aged ministers, bureaucrats, and political leaders, had been produced sooner than the ICT in reference to allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity all via July-August.
The tribunal summoned them to check the growth of the investigation in a case filed against them, ICT Prosecutor Abdullah Al Noman acknowledged.
This marked the 2nd time the accused appeared sooner than the tribunal, with the first hearing taking effect nowadays.
Besides Palak, the accused encompass aged ministers Anisul Haque, Faruk Khan, Dipu Moni, Rashed Khan Menon, Abdur Razzak, Hasanul Haq Inu, Shahjahan Khan, and Golam Dastagir Gazi, and aged enlighten minister Kamal Ahmed Majumder.
Others summoned had been aged prime minister’s advisers Salman F Rahman and Tawfiq-e-Elahi, aged Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury, secretary Jahangir Alam, and Awami League leaders Amir Hossain Amu and Qamrul Islam.
