Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years prison in absentia

Siddiq, who serves as an MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London, has denied the allegations

A Bangladesh court has sentenced British MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail, in a corruption case involving the alleged illegal allocation of a plot of land.

Siddiq, who serves as an MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London, had denied the allegations and the trial was conducted in her absence.

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