Additional Attorney General MK Rahman has been relieved of his duties. The law ministry issued a circular in this regard on Monday. Rahman has also been working as the prosecution coordinator in the war crimes trial. The circular, however, did not say anything about his responsibilities at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). The secretary-in-charge at the law ministry, Syed Aminul Islam, said that the law minister, who is abroad now, will clear the issue on his return. He, however, expressed his ‘personal’ opinion over the issue while speaking to bdnews24.com on Monday. “The responsibility of coordinating the tribunal’s prosecution team was given as an additional duty. Since he does not have his original designation, so he will no more continue as the coordinator,” said Islam. Law Minister Anisul Huq left Dhaka for the UK on Monday morning. He is accompanied by secretary Abu Saleh Sheikh Md Jahirul Haque. They are expected to return on May 28. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told bdnews24.com that it was the government’s matter to decide whether MK Rahman will continue to work as the prosecutions’ coordinator. On Jan 30 last year, Rahman was handed the responsibility to coordinate the ICT’s prosecution team. He was appointed as an Additional Attorney General in March 2009 during the last term of the Awami League-led Grand Alliance government. — bdnews24.com
