THE LATEST ON SHOAIB’S TRIAL
The officer in Charge of the Bangladeshi Police, Mohammed Abdul Hanif, who in this kangaroo court is both the plaintiff and investigation officer representing the state in bringing the false charges of Sedition, Treason and Blasphemy against Bangladeshi journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, told the court of Metropolitan Session Judge, Mohammed Azizul Huq, that Israel is an enemy state of Bangladesh.
Abdul Hanif was cross-examined on Sunday by Choudhury’s counsel, Samarendra Nath Goswami. Mr. Goswami is senior advocate of Bangladesh Supreme Court and Secretary General of Bangladesh Minority Lawyer’s Association [BMLA].
Mr. Choudhury’s counsel informed the court that after Hanif arrested Choudhury on November 29, 2003, he tortured him mercilessly and conspired to kill him. Once Hanif failed in this attempt he locked Shoaib Choudhury in Cell 14 in Dhaka Central Jail, which is designated for the mentally insane, and conspired to get him killed by the mentally insane in that jail.
When that didn’t work, Hanif sent Shoaib to Cell 15, which is for hardened criminals, where Hanif hired assassins to kill Mr. Choudhury.
Mohammed Abdul Hanif has been assigned by the Bangladeshi government to be the plaintiff as well the investigation officer bringing false charges in the case - unheard of in any civilized country on Earth.
This move indicates the depth of depravity to which Bangladesh’s government and justice system have sunk. Justice systems are created in order to do just that: bring about justice. A government to drum up charges against its own citizens is on its way out.
At the hands of such cruel and backward people who run the government and “justice” system, no Bangladeshi citizen is safe.
Bangladesh is at the mercy of rulers whose purpose is to kill its citizens.
May God save Bangladesh.