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PM reiterates call for Nur Chowdhury’s extradition from Canada
QUEBEC, Canada, June 11, 2018 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated
her request for deportation of Nur Chowdhury, one of Bangabandhu’s convicted
killers, as she held a meeting here with her Canadian counterpart Justine Trudeau on
Sunday.
Bangladesh premier’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim said she called for Trudeau’s
personal initiative for immediate extradition of the self-confessed killer, one of
the two assassins who directly shot Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman dead.
“Nur Chowdhury is a killer of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman . . . He is a self-confessed assassin and was convicted under the law of
Bangladesh,” he quoted Sheikh Hasina as saying during the meeting with Trudeau.
Karim said in reply the Canadian premier expressed his compassion to Sheikh
Hasina saying “I can understand how painful it is for you”.
Trudeau said concerned Canadian officials were quietly engaged in dealing with
the issue while he Trudeau pointed out his country’s legal system about deportation
of a person convicted with death penalty.
According to Karim the Canadian premier simultaneously pointed out that Nur
Chowdhury could not obtain citizen status in Canada and he was not a citizen of
Canada.
The press secretary said the two leaders discussed other various matters related
to mutual interests particularly the issues including repatriation of displaced
Rohingyas to Myanmar while Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali accompanied Sheikh
Hasina.
The Bangladesh premier expressed her gratitude to the Canadian government for the
support and assistance extended to her government in the wake of Rohingya crisis.
She said Bangladesh was particularly thankful to the Global Affairs Canada, the
Senate, House of Commons, and especially Canadian media for raising concerns about
the ethnic cleansing and gross violation of human rights of the Rohingyas in Myanmar
forcing their subsequent exodus.
Sheikh Hasina also pointed out though Myanmar signed an agreement signed with
Bangladesh promising to return the Rohingyas it remained silent when question of
implementation of the agreement came.
She explained her government’s decision to relocate the tens of thousands of
forcibly displaced foreign population to the offshore island of “Bhashanchar” for
their own safety and benefits as their current makeshift abode on hilltops appeared
highly vulnerable.
PM’s Principal Secretary Md. Najibur Rahman and Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul
Haq were present during the meeting held at Le Petit Frontence, the Canadian
premier’s residence.
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