ACC chief is ready to quit
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury Wednesday said he is ready to leave his position permanently, reports UNB.
"Why on leave? I am ready to go permanently. That's not a problem at all," he said at a press conference when his comments were sought about a national daily report that the ACC chairman would have to be on leave during the investigation of a complaint by ex-Energy Adviser Mahmudur Rahman.
Failing to file a case against the ACC chairman, Mahmudur Rahman sent the complaint to the Commission alleging that Mashhud had misappropriated Tk 224.1 million of Trust Bank money through siphoning when he was its chairman. Later, the ACC decided to refer the complaint to the government.
According to the report in the daily, the Law Ministry gave opinion for initiating investigation on the complaint. It also said the ACC chairman should be on leave during the investigation.
Asked if his "intention" to leave permanently was due to failure or assuming that he would not be able to work under the new government, Mashhud described the issue as hypothetical and said his decision would be based on "ground realities." He said he would do whatever "needs to be done" in consultation with others.
"Why on leave? I am ready to go permanently. That's not a problem at all," he said at a press conference when his comments were sought about a national daily report that the ACC chairman would have to be on leave during the investigation of a complaint by ex-Energy Adviser Mahmudur Rahman.
Failing to file a case against the ACC chairman, Mahmudur Rahman sent the complaint to the Commission alleging that Mashhud had misappropriated Tk 224.1 million of Trust Bank money through siphoning when he was its chairman. Later, the ACC decided to refer the complaint to the government.
According to the report in the daily, the Law Ministry gave opinion for initiating investigation on the complaint. It also said the ACC chairman should be on leave during the investigation.
Asked if his "intention" to leave permanently was due to failure or assuming that he would not be able to work under the new government, Mashhud described the issue as hypothetical and said his decision would be based on "ground realities." He said he would do whatever "needs to be done" in consultation with others.