UK MP Apsana calls for probe into ex-minister Saifuzzaman's assets

British lawmaker Apsana Begum on Tuesday called on the UK's National Crime Agency to probe and take action regarding properties acquired by former Bangladeshi land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury allegedly through corruption, reports The South Asian Time.

Saifuzzaman reportedly has a property empire in Britain, which includes 74 houses in the Bangladeshi-dominated areas of Poplar and Limehouse in East London. Bangladeshi-origin MP Apsana Begum, who represents the constituency, wrote to the NCA, questioning what steps it was taking about the matter.

In her letter addressed to NCA Director General Graeme Biggar, Begum referenced an Al Jazeera report on Saifuzzaman titled "The Minister's Millions."

Begum noted that Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission had launched a probe into Saifuzzaman regarding allegations related to embezzlement and claims that he had laundered millions of dollars into the UK.