Ex-private secretary spills graft beans about Khaleda
The Prothom Alo on Monday ran a revealing interview with AHM Nurul Islam, who worked as Khaleda Zia's personal secretary during her term as prime minister in 2001-2006. The interview suggests how Khaleda turned a blind eye to numerous acts of corruption by her son and relatives. The Daily Star has translated the interview considering the importance of the subject and its public interest.
Prothom Alo (PA): Bangladesh topped the international corruption list for five years. The names of several officials from the Prime Minister's Office and people close to it have been linked to corruption. You were working in the PMO for three of those years. What are your comments?
Nurul Islam (NI): According to the country's rules of business, the ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers have been given full responsibility for each ministry. Even then, a minister's corruption cannot be done without the assistance of the ministries' officials. In most cases of corruption in the last five years of the coalition government, ministers have looted state resources with the help of corrupt government officials. If any of these corrupt government officials got into trouble, it was often the case that the other corrupt officials would come to their rescue.........
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