Labour MP accuses Bangladesh's leader of 'orchestrated campaign' to damage her reputation

Former curate Tulip Siddiq has accused the person of Bangladesh of conducting an "orchestrated campaign" to harm her estimation and "interfere with UK politics", according to a caller ineligible missive seen by Sky News.

The Labour MP besides said comments made by Professor Muhammad Yunus successful a Sky News interrogation person prejudiced her close to a just investigation, meaning the ongoing corruption inquiries into her should beryllium dropped.

In March, the main advisor - who is efficaciously the country's interim person - told Sky News that Ms Siddiq "has truthful galore (sic) wealthiness near down here" and "should beryllium made responsible".

Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has opened respective investigations into Ms Siddiq alleging corruption successful transportation with the authorities of her aunt Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted arsenic the country's premier curate past year.

In the caller correspondence sent contiguous to Professor Yunus and the ACC, lawyers for the erstwhile curate write: "The clip has present travel for the main advisor and the ACC to wantonness their wholly misconceived and unlawful run to smear Ms Siddiq's estimation and interfere with her nationalist service."

Sky News has approached the main advisor and the ACC for comment.

The Bangladeshi authorities person antecedently said they person grounds to backmost up their claims of corruption and volition prosecute enactment done the country's courts.

Speaking to Sky News connected Monday, Ms Siddiq said: "I volition not beryllium allowing them to resistance maine into their satellite of soiled authorities and thing is going to halt maine from pursuing the occupation that I was elected to bash with an overwhelming majority, which is representing the radical of Hampstead and Highgate.

"So they request to halt this governmental vendetta, this smear campaign, and this malicious persecution close from the beginning."

The MP had requested a gathering with the Bangladeshi person during an authoritative sojourn to the UK earlier this period to "clear up" immoderate misunderstandings.

But this was turned down by the main adviser, who said helium did not privation to "interrupt a ineligible procedure".

In the caller ineligible letter, lawyers for Ms Siddiq accidental the interim person had already unfairly influenced the inquiries done erstwhile comments.

"The copious briefings to the media, the nonaccomplishment to respond to our letters, the nonaccomplishment to adjacent inquire to conscionable with and question Ms Siddiq during their caller sojourn to the United Kingdom are intolerable to warrant and wholly inconsistent with a fair, lawful and superior investigation," reads the letter.

The correspondence besides sets a deadline of 30 June 2025 for the Bangladeshi authorities to reply by, stating that "in the lack of a afloat and due response… Ms Siddiq volition see this substance closed".

A erstwhile Nobel Prize winning economist, Professor Muhammad Yunus became interim person of Bangladesh past August aft weeks of deadly protests forced Sheikh Hasina from power.

He has pledged to basal retired corruption and retrieve alleged stolen wealthiness earlier holding votes to elite a imperishable administration.

Last month, Professor Yunus banned the Awami League - the governmental enactment inactive led by Sheikh Hasina - from lasting successful the coming elections.

That led to disapproval from those inactive loyal to the erstwhile premier minister, with protests besides sparking successful the state implicit jobs, wage and planned reforms.

Earlier this year, it was revealed that Tulip Siddiq had lived successful respective London properties that had links backmost to the Awami League.

She referred herself to the premier minister's standards advisor Sir Laurie Magnus who said helium had "not identified grounds of improprieties" but added it was "regrettable" Ms Siddiq had not been much alert to the "potential reputational risks" of the ties to her aunt.

Ms Siddiq said continuing successful her relation would beryllium "a distraction" for the authorities but insisted she had done thing wrong.

Sheikh Hasina is presently lasting proceedings successful absentia successful Dhaka implicit alleged killings during past summer's civilian unrest.

Asked by Sky News if she had immoderate regrets astir links to the Awami league, Ms Siddiq said: "The main happening I would accidental to you, I'm precise arrogant to beryllium the MP for Hampstead and Highgate. I was calved successful London, I grew up successful London. I went to schoolhouse present and present I'm an MP here."

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In March, Sky News revealed that UK investigators could assistance with probes into alleged expansive corruption during Hasina's clip successful power.

Staff from the National Crime Agency visited Bangladesh successful October and November arsenic portion of archetypal enactment to enactment the interim authorities successful the country.

Last month, the NCA confirmed it had secured a "freezing order" against a spot successful northbound London linked to Ms Siddiq's family.

She denies each the allegations - and sources adjacent to the MP accidental the authorities person been sending correspondence to an code successful Dhaka that has nary transportation with her.