The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has requested Malaysia to provide evidence regarding the embezzlement of thousands of crores of taka by BASIC Bank.
“The request was made under the mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT). The case is scheduled for a hearing on Monday,” said ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan on Saturday.
The report will be submitted to a High Court bench comprising Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat.
Previously on November 8, the High Court bench made several comments during the bail hearing of one of the accused of the bank Mohammad Ali in a money laundering case.
At the beginning of the hearing, the accused's lawyer Abul Hossain told the court: "Even after five years, the ACC is not filing a charge sheet against the accused."
In response, the court said that money launderers are enemies of the nation and asked why should a trial not be held for them.
The court also asked ACC why it still did not file a chargesheet yet. “There should be a summary trial in cases of extortion, and money laundering. Those who embezzle a country's money should be shot down as their punishment.”
The court later ordered to provide the latest information of all the cases over money laundering of Tk4,000 crores of BASIC Bank.
In September 2015, the ACC filed 56 cases against 156 people in connection with the swindling of about Tk2,000 crore from BASIC Bank. The detainees are accused in most of these cases.
