Bangladesh British MPs fear that there may be an attempt to confuse money laundering investigations, British MPs believe that such ‘misleading campaign’ may be carried out to question the person leading the money search process smuggled from Bangladesh to the UK.
A report by the country's media on Monday highlighted such information.
According to the report, the British MPs recently received suspicious e-mails about Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan Mansoor, after the fall of the dictatorial Sheikh Hasina government in the student-mob movement last year, the central of Bangladesh. Ahsan Mansoor took over as the governor of the bank.
The top official of Bangladesh Bank is currently staying in London where he is seeking the cooperation of the UK government and various private organizations in searching for the huge wealth smuggled from Bangladesh.
The governor of Bangladesh Bank suspects that a part of the wealth looted by the Hasina government's aides may be used to buy property in the UK.
There has already been a lot of controversy over the issue, as it has been linked to The name of Sheikh Hasina's niece and former UK city minister Tulip Siddique has also filed a case against him in Bangladesh this year, which has also led to his resignation, despite the fact that Tulip has denied the allegations against him.
British MPs fear that the corruption investigation efforts in Bangladesh may become more complicated as the recent misleading news against Ahsan Mansoor is being published.
‘Campaigning through ’False Journalists'
A group of 47 MPs from the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) received some e-mails before meeting with Ahsan Mansoor on Monday, and the senders of these e-mails have sent links to a report published on the website called ‘International Policy Digest’ about Mansoor's luxurious life.
But The Guardian found that the authors of the report had no journalism identity and that their pictures were actually stock images, which raised doubts that it could be part of the campaign designed to question Ahsan Mansoor.
Ahsan Mansoor's response and concerns of MPs
In this regard, the Governor of Bangladesh Bank said, those who are under the investigation of money laundering, they are trying to undermine my reputation and target me in various ways.
Ahsan Mansoor also said that his daughter is a US citizen and has very little relationship with Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, APPG member Rupa Haque received a separate e-mail from a British Public Relations (PR) organization called ‘Palatine Communications’, which also linked the International Policy Digest.
It has been said that if If Ahsan Mansoor is ready to ‘question the integrity of Tulip Siddique’, he and his family should also face investigation.
“It’s very unusual that I got an email like this, it’s a kind of effort to hinder our work,” says Rupa Haque.
Jonah Govt. and investigation
Dr. of Bangladesh. Ahsan Mansoor, an important member of the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, is an investigation into the 2013 deal with Russia on a nuclear power plant deal with Tulip Siddique and his family.
British MP Phil Brickel said if it was If we are campaigning to distract us, it is very worrying, he said, we must find out who is behind the campaign and for what purpose it is being carried out.
Some of the APPG MPs have sent e-mails to the cyber security consultants of the British Parliament and brought to the attention of the Parliament's Foreign Committee, which they are investigating the misleading campaign.
PR companies and media responses
Meanwhile, PR company ‘Palatine Communications’ claimed that they sent these e-mails on their own initiative and did not present any false information.
On the other hand, the International Policy Digest, said that the author of the report did not want to be named, but they considered the published information ‘accurate enough’.
