Chinese national among 6 jailed in graft case

Court Correspondent :
The Special Judge’s Court-5 of Dhaka court yesterday sentenced six people, including a Chinese national and two officials of National Bank Limited, to different terms of imprisonment in a case filed in connection with the embezzlement of Tk 2.59 crore.
The accused people are- Chinese National Yang Wang Chung, Chairman of The Sinfa Knitters Limited, its Managing Director Khasru Al Rahman, Directors Golam Mostafa and Mansurul Haque, the then Senior-Vice President (Export) of National Bank Limited at Dilkusha branch Abdul Wadud Khan, and its Executive Vice-President Shahabuddin Chowdhury.
Abdul Wadud and Shahabuddin were each sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment
(RI) and fined Tk 2.59 crore, in default they will have to suffer one more year in the prison each.
Yang Wang Chung, Khasru Al Rahman, Mansurul Haque and Golam Mostafa were sentenced to 10 years’ RI. They were also fined Tk 2.59 crore each, in default of which they will have to suffer two more years in the prison.
Judge Md Iqbal Hossain of the special judge court handed down the sentence in presence of the convicts Abdul Wadud and Shahabuddin, who were on bail.
In the judgment, the court said the prosecution was able to prove the charges against the accused beyond doubt and they were given the punishment for their involvement with the incident.
After the verdict was pronounced, the court cancelled bail of the convicts- Shahabuddin and Abdul Wadud, and sent them to the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj with conviction warrant.
Convicts Yang Chung, Golam Mostafa, Mansurul Haque and Khasru Al Rahman were tried in absentia and arrest warrants were issued against them.
The punishment of the fugitives will be effective from the day of their arrest or surrender to the court.
According to the prosecution, it was noted that the Chinese national, in collusion with the bank officials, took Tk 2,59,40,148 loan from the bank submitting forged documents in the name of The Sinfa Knitters Limited. Later the accused misappropriated the total amount.
Following the incident, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Md Jahangir Alam filed the case against them with Motijheel Police Station on January 17, 2017.
After an investigation, the ACC submitted the charge sheet in the court against them on June 24, 2018. The court framed charges against them on September 18 of 2019.