Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in another corruption case.
The decision was made by a five-member bench led by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Dhaka. The court also annulled the sentences handed down to Khaleda Zia by the High Court in 2018.
In addition to Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and others were also acquitted in the case.
The former Prime Minister and her son were accused of embezzling $173,000 in foreign donations between 2001 and 2006.
It is worth noting that in November of the previous year, Khaleda Zia was also acquitted in a corruption case involving 31.5 million taka.
Following the student movement in August of the previous year, the 15-year rule of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came to an end, leading to the release of political prisoners, including Khaleda Zia.
