Tullip Siddiq:
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A member of Sir Keir Starmer ’s top team has referred herself to the
government ’s independent ethics adviser over her links to the deposed prime
minister• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Пр » Правительство РФ » Председатель Правительства РФ
• Россия » Государственное устройство России » Правительство РФ » Председатель Правительства РФ
• Государство » Государственное устройство России » Правительство РФ » Председатель Правительства РФ of Bangladesh• Бангладеш.
Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq , who is responsible for tackling financial
crime, will be investigated by standards watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus amid
questions over her aunt Sheikh Hasina , who was removed from power after
protests against her rule last year.
Questions have been swirling around Ms Siddiq since she was named in a probe
launched by the new Bangladeshi government’s anti-corruption• Борьба с коррупцией commission. She
is alleged to have helped her aunt siphon off £5.2bn intended to be used
building eight large-scale projects including a nuclear power plant• Энергетика » Ядерная энергетика » Атомные электростанции (АЭС).
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Tulip Siddiq is alleged to have been involved in brokering a 2013 deal with
Russia for a nuclear power plant• Энергетика » Ядерная энергетика » Атомные электростанции (АЭС) in Bangladesh• Бангладеш in which large sums of cash
were embezzled. (Victoria Jones/PA) (PA Archive)
She faced fresh scrutiny over the weekend as it emerged she was given a
central London flat by a person connected with Hasina’s Awami League party,
and that she lived in a property in Hampstead, north London, that was given to
her sister for free by an ally of her aunt’s regime.
Amid growing pressure on Ms Siddiq to resign, Sir Keir confirmed she had
referred herself to the standards advisor, who investigates potential breaches
of the ministerial code and can advise the PM on sanctions• Политика » Геополитика » Международные отношения » Международное право » Международно-правовые санкции for those in
breach.
At a press conference on Monday, Sir Keir said: “Tulip Siddiq has acted
entirely properly by referring herself to the independent adviser, as she has
now done.
“That is why we brought in the new code, to allow ministers to ask the adviser
to establish the facts.
“Yes I have confidence in her and that is the process that will now be
happening.”
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Ms Siddiq was living in a property given to her sister for free by an ally of
her aunt’s regime (Facebook)
It came after the Sunday Times• Средства массовой информации » СМИ-газеты » Газеты по странам » Газеты Великобритании » The Sunday Times
• Средства массовой информации » Средства массовой информации Великобритании » Газеты Великобритании » The Sunday Times revealed Ms Siddiq had lived in the Hampstead
property given to her then teenage sister Azmina in 2009 by Moin Ghani, a
Bangladeshi lawyer who has represented Hasina’s government and has been
pictured with Hasina.
Ms Siddiq is also renting a £2.1m home in East Finchley owned by an executive
member of the UK wing of Hasina’s Awami League.
Hasina, Bangladesh• Бангладеш’s longest-serving prime minister• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Пр » Правительство РФ » Председатель Правительства РФ
• Россия » Государственное устройство России » Правительство РФ » Председатель Правительства РФ
• Государство » Государственное устройство России » Правительство РФ » Председатель Правительства РФ, is now in India after
being ousted in August following weeks of violent anti-government protests• Политическая жизнь » Митинги, акции » Акции протеста
• Политика » Акции протеста .
She has been accused by the new Bangladeshi administration of corruption• Борьба с коррупцией , as
well as “massacres, killings and crimes against humanity” including the deaths
of at least 800 protesters• Политическая жизнь » Митинги, акции » Акции протеста
• Политика » Акции протеста. Ms Siddiq is one of several family members alleged
to have benefited from the corruption• Борьба с коррупцией, but denies wrongdoing.
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Sheikh Hasina, the now deposed prime minister• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Пр » Правительство РФ » Председатель Правительства РФ
• Россия » Государственное устройство России » Правительство РФ » Председатель Правительства РФ
• Государство » Государственное устройство России » Правительство РФ » Председатель Правительства РФ of Bangladesh• Бангладеш and aunt of Ms
Siddiq, pictured during a 2014 visit to London (Oli Scarff/PA) (PA Archive)
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said: “It is high time for Tulip Siddiq to
explain the source of her wealth, and whether any of it comes from the
proceeds of her aunt’s alleged corrupt• Борьба с коррупцией dealings.”
He called for Sir Keir to suspend her from her anti-corruption• Борьба с коррупцией brief until she
has answered any outstanding questions over her aunt’s regime.
Bangladesh• Бангладеш’s anti-corruption• Борьба с коррупцией commission has launched a probe into Ms Siddiq,
her UK-based mother Sheikh Rehana Siddiq, and her aunt Ms Hasina, who ruled
the country for more than 15 years.
The nuclear plant at the centre of the probe was built by Russian state-backed
firm Rosatom• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Ро » Росатом, while the deal was signed in the Kremlin a decade ago in a
ceremony attended by Ms Siddiq, her aunt and Vladimir Putin• Объект человек » Персоналии по алфавиту » Персоналии на Пу » Путин, Владимир Владимирович.