Attorney office didn’t make any statement protesting world leaders’ letter : AG

Staff Reporter :
Attorney General (AG) AM Amin Uddin on Tuesday said that his office didn’t prepare any statement protesting the recent letter in favour of Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhmmad Yunus sent by global figures and Nobel Laureates to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

During a briefing to reporters at his office on the Supreme Court premises, the AG further said, the intention of Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Imran Ahmed Bhuiyan behind telling the media about not signing an alleged statement on Nobel Laureate Prof Yunus was to make somebody happy.

“He (Imran) did not talk to me before briefing newsmen at a place where regular briefings take place.

You, reporters, inquire into the matter.

Certainly, he has done it in order to make somebody happy,” said the Attorney General.

Replying to a query, he said he would not take any step against DAG Imran as he was not the appointing authority.

AG Amin Uddin said he had earlier briefed the media on behalf of the Attorney General’s office about the global leaders’ letter to the Prime Minister over the trial proceedings against Prof Yunus.

Therefore, no other law officer under the Attorney General’s office needed to make any briefing to the media on this issue, he added.

DAG Imran Ahmed Bhuiyan on Monday said he refrained from signing a statement, being prepared by the Attorney General’s office, protesting the recent letter from global figures to the Prime Minister over trial proceedings against Prof Yunus.

“I agree with the statement issued by the Nobel Laureates and world leaders about the trial proceedings against Prof Yunus.

I think he (Prof Yunus) is an honourable man.

He is being defamed and that this is judicial harassment,” said the Deputy Attorney General at a press briefing on Monday on the Supreme Court premises.

The Attorney General’s office has issued a notification asking signatures from the Attorney General, Additional Attorney Generals, Deputy Attorney Generals and Assistant Attorney Generals in order to issue a statement in protest against the global figures’ statement, he said.

“I decided that I will not sign the statement to be prepared by the Attorney General’s office,” said the DAG.

A total of 104 Nobel Laureates and 79 other global figures in an open letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 28 expressed concern about the safety and freedom of Prof Yunus.

In the letter, they “respectfully asked” the PM to “immediately suspend the current judicial proceedings against Prof Yunus”.