The government is actively considering enactment of the Liberation War defamation law.
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq yesterday told parliament replying to a starred question from Awami League MP Waresat Hussain Belal, Bir Protik (Netrakona-5).
Tendency of distorting history of the Liberation War has turned into a habit of some irresponsible politicians after the gruesome killing of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members in 1975,” the minister said.
In this context, if any person defames the great Liberation War by providing unnecessary or untrue information, or delivering untrue remarks or publishing misleading information about the Liberation War and its history, it will be tantamount to a crime, he noted.
To take punitive action against the person concerned, the government is actively considering enactment of the Liberation War defamation law, he went on.
Meanwhile, the government is also considering an amendment to the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 for trying Jamaat as a terrorist organisation, Anisul said.
In reply to another question from AL MP Abul Kalam, the law minister said the government is determined to try those who were involved in killing people by resorting to arson attacks. Those who killed people indiscriminately resorting to arson attacks, they will be brought to justice following investigation, he said.
