ACC to decide Sunday on serving notices to 22 corruption suspects
Thursday, 24 May 2007
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury said Wednesday the anti-graft body would actually decide in its meeting on May 27 as to when notices would be issued to 22 of the corruption suspects on the second list for submitting their wealth statements, reports UNB.
Earlier on Tuesday, he had told reporters that the ACC would issue notices by the end of this week to some of the corruption suspects whose names appeared on the 'second list' published in the newspapers on March 8.
"We'll take the decision in the Commission's meeting on May 27…One of the Commissioners is away at the moment…A decision will be taken on his return," the ACC Chairman told journalists Wednesday afternoon in response to a query about issuing notices to the corrupt suspects of the second list.
Replying to a questioner, he said the concerned corruption suspects would be given seven days to submit their wealth statements. "Seven days are mentioned in the rules…The seven days will begin from the day they'll be informed."
The corruption suspects on the first list published on February 18 were given 72 hours for submitting the accounts of their wealth.
About the number of individuals who would be summoned, Mashhud said for the time being 22 have been selected from the second list about whom the Commission have completed its primary inquiries.
In reply to another query, he said the number of notice recipients
could increase since there is still time until the Commission's meeting on May 27.
Commenting on Awami League president Sheikh Hasina's remarks that the anti-corruption drive targets only politicians leaving aside corrupt businessmen and bureaucrats, the ACC chairman said, "The sole reason can be that we could have guessed people's expectations. That's why our activities are against those who were involved (in corruption) in recent times."
"But, under no circumstances it can be said that we don't have concern or initiative about others," he said, adding, "No one should think that in the future they will remain out our activities."
Asked if actions would be taken against corrupt businessmen and bureaucrats, Mashhud said, "Inshallah".
About the progress on the first list, he said the works on the first list are going on and the Commission is trying to accelerate the activi-
Earlier on Tuesday, he had told reporters that the ACC would issue notices by the end of this week to some of the corruption suspects whose names appeared on the 'second list' published in the newspapers on March 8.
"We'll take the decision in the Commission's meeting on May 27…One of the Commissioners is away at the moment…A decision will be taken on his return," the ACC Chairman told journalists Wednesday afternoon in response to a query about issuing notices to the corrupt suspects of the second list.
Replying to a questioner, he said the concerned corruption suspects would be given seven days to submit their wealth statements. "Seven days are mentioned in the rules…The seven days will begin from the day they'll be informed."
The corruption suspects on the first list published on February 18 were given 72 hours for submitting the accounts of their wealth.
About the number of individuals who would be summoned, Mashhud said for the time being 22 have been selected from the second list about whom the Commission have completed its primary inquiries.
In reply to another query, he said the number of notice recipients
could increase since there is still time until the Commission's meeting on May 27.
Commenting on Awami League president Sheikh Hasina's remarks that the anti-corruption drive targets only politicians leaving aside corrupt businessmen and bureaucrats, the ACC chairman said, "The sole reason can be that we could have guessed people's expectations. That's why our activities are against those who were involved (in corruption) in recent times."
"But, under no circumstances it can be said that we don't have concern or initiative about others," he said, adding, "No one should think that in the future they will remain out our activities."
Asked if actions would be taken against corrupt businessmen and bureaucrats, Mashhud said, "Inshallah".
About the progress on the first list, he said the works on the first list are going on and the Commission is trying to accelerate the activi-