Ex Bangladeshi PM arrested

September 03, 2007

Khaleda Zia is the latest key political figure to be detained by the army-backed interim government since it took charge at the beginning of the year. More than 170 high-profile figures are in custody as part of an anti-graft campaign. On the same day as Khaleda's arrest, Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission filed additional bribery charges against another former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was in power between 1996 and 2000, and is being held in custody on multiple charges of extortion and corruption.