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| Police arrest Bangladeshi ex-PM | Police arrest Bangladeshi ex-PM |
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| Police in Bangladesh have arrested former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after a raid on her house in Dhaka. | Police in Bangladesh have arrested former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after a raid on her house in Dhaka. |
| She was later brought to a court in the capital amid heavy security. It was not immediately known on what charges she was held. | She was later brought to a court in the capital amid heavy security. It was not immediately known on what charges she was held. |
| Sheikh Hasina faces corruption charges relating to her time in office from 1996 to 2001. She is also an accused in the killings of four political rivals. | Sheikh Hasina faces corruption charges relating to her time in office from 1996 to 2001. She is also an accused in the killings of four political rivals. |
| Sheikh Hasina has strenuously denied any wrongdoing. | Sheikh Hasina has strenuously denied any wrongdoing. |
| The military-backed government has barred her from leaving the country. | The military-backed government has barred her from leaving the country. |
| 'Conspiracy' | 'Conspiracy' |
| Sheikh Hasina was arrested after a two-and-a-half hour raid on her house involving about one thousand policemen, the BBC's Abdullah Muyid in Dhaka reports. | |
| She was later brought to the court. | She was later brought to the court. |
| "The court has ordered Sheikh Hasina detained for one month," Begum Motia Chowdhury, a senior leader of her Awami League Party, was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. | "The court has ordered Sheikh Hasina detained for one month," Begum Motia Chowdhury, a senior leader of her Awami League Party, was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. |
| The former prime minister's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, told Reuters that his mother's detention was a conspiracy to remove her from politics. | The former prime minister's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, told Reuters that his mother's detention was a conspiracy to remove her from politics. |
| "I have spoken to my mother. She told me about the police action. It's part of a deep-rooted conspiracy," Mr Joy said in a telephone interview from the United States, where he lives. | "I have spoken to my mother. She told me about the police action. It's part of a deep-rooted conspiracy," Mr Joy said in a telephone interview from the United States, where he lives. |
| He said the law enforcement agencies were "going beyond their limits" and added that he had "no plan to return to Bangladesh immediately but will try to organise a protest worldwide". | He said the law enforcement agencies were "going beyond their limits" and added that he had "no plan to return to Bangladesh immediately but will try to organise a protest worldwide". |
| Sheikh Hasina, who leads the Awami League, is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led Bangladesh to independence from Pakistan in 1971. | Sheikh Hasina, who leads the Awami League, is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led Bangladesh to independence from Pakistan in 1971. |
| Since January this year, Bangladesh has been governed by a military-backed emergency government, which has promised to root out corruption. | Since January this year, Bangladesh has been governed by a military-backed emergency government, which has promised to root out corruption. |
| More than 150 prominent politicians, civil servants and businessmen have been arrested. | More than 150 prominent politicians, civil servants and businessmen have been arrested. |
| The government says elections will be held before the end of 2008. | The government says elections will be held before the end of 2008. |