Ex-minister Tulip Siddiq's lawyer denied information about Bangladesh case, Sky News understands

Former anti-corruption curate Tulip Siddiq's lawyer was denied immoderate accusation astir the lawsuit against her successful Bangladesh, Sky News understands.

Ms Siddiq resigned earlier this year implicit accusations she illegally received a crippled of onshore successful a caller high-end improvement connected the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, from her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted arsenic premier curate past year.

Bangladesh's anti-corruption committee (ACC) claims the Labour MP received a 7,200sq ft crippled successful the diplomatic portion done "abuse of powerfulness and influence".

However, Sky News understands an nonfiction published connected Thursday greeting saying the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate volition look proceedings successful Bangladesh implicit the allegations is the archetypal Ms Siddiq had heard of it.

A root adjacent to Ms Siddiq told Sky News her lawyer was successful tribunal each time past week to petition information, but was denied it.

The study successful the Daily Telegraph said that if the MP refuses to be tribunal successful Bangladesh connected 11 August, a proceedings volition beryllium held successful her absence.

It is understood she volition not beryllium astatine the tribunal then.

Ms Siddiq's lawyer said: "For astir a twelvemonth now, the Bangladesh authorities person been making mendacious allegations against Tulip Siddiq.

"Ms Siddiq has not been contacted oregon received immoderate authoritative connection from the tribunal and does not and has ne'er owned immoderate crippled of onshore successful Purbachal.

"This longstanding politically motivated smear run has included repeated briefings to the media, a refusal to respond to ceremonial ineligible correspondence, and a nonaccomplishment to question immoderate gathering with oregon question Ms Siddiq during the caller sojourn by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to the United Kingdom.

"Such behaviour is wholly incompatible with the standards of a fair, lawful, and credible investigation.

"In airy of these facts, it is present clip for the Chief Adviser and the ACC to extremity this baseless and defamatory effort to harm Ms Siddiq's estimation and obstruct her enactment successful nationalist service."

The ACC and Professor Yunus' property caput person been contacted for a comment.

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Last month, Ms Siddiq accused Bangladesh's interim leader, Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Muhammad Yunus, of conducting an "orchestrated campaign" to harm her estimation and "interfere with UK politics".

In a ineligible missive seen by Sky News successful June, the MP besides said comments made by Professor Yunus successful a Sky News interrogation person prejudiced her close to a just investigation, meaning the corruption inquiries should beryllium dropped.

The interim leader, who took implicit aft Ms Hasina was ousted past twelvemonth pursuing convulsive protests, said Ms Siddiq "has truthful galore (sic) wealthiness near down here" and "should beryllium made responsible".

Professor Yunus' property caput said helium and the ACC "has nary crushed and scope to interfere successful UK politics".

"The Anti-Corruption Commission relies not connected hearsay but connected documentary grounds and witnesser testimony," they said.