ICT sets June 22 for order on contempt plea against Mahbub

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has set June 22 for order on the prosecution-proposed contempt-of-court plea against senior lawyer Khandker Mahbub Hossain over his 'scandalous' remarks on the current war crimes trial, reports UNB.
After closing the hearing from both sides Thursday, Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chairman of the three-member tribunal, fixed the date.
Moving his argument, prosecutor Zead Al Malum prayed for drawing contempt-of-court charge against Khandker Mahbub, also adviser to the BNP chairperson, terming 'highly contemptuous' the remarks made by the apex court Bar leader following the pronouncement of the ICT judgment on BNP stalwart Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
On October 1, 2013, soon after the pronouncement of the ICT-1 judgment sentencing SQ Chowdhury to death for crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation in 1971, Khandker Mahbub at a media briefing threatened to try all involved in the war crimes trial if BNP is voted to power, terming the trial 'farcical'.
The reaction of Khandker Mahbub published in the newspapers reads as follows, "If the nationalist force comes to power, they will try those who are war criminals in the real sense. Those who were tried out of vengeance and the cases which were prepared on the basis of fairytale must go. And those who were involved in the farcical trial, Insha-Allah (if Allah wishes), they will also be tried on the soil of Bangladesh."