اعتقال نائب بنغلاديشي في الكويت متهم بغسل أموال وتجارة إقامات

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6/7/2020

ذكر تقرير إخباري أن إدارة التحقيقات الجنائية في الكويت قد ألقت القبض على نائب برلماني بنغلاديشي يدعى (م. ا)، ومشهور في دولته على نطاق واسع بلقب «كازي بابول»، وذلك بتهم من بينها الاتجار بالبشر (تجارة إقامات وتأشيرات) وغسل الأموال.

وبحسب مصادر عدة من الجالية البنغلاديشية استندت اليها صحيفة «داكا تريبيون» الناقلة للخبر، فإن النائب تم إلقاء القبض عليه من منزله في منطقة مشرف عند الساعة التاسعة والنصف تقريبا مساءً (بتوقيت الكويت) يوم السبت الفائت.

من جهة ، نقل عن سفير بنغلاديش في الكويت إس إم أبو الكلام قوله انه سمع أنباء اعتقال النائب في برلمان بلاده صباح اليوم وأنه يتواصل مع السلطات الكويتية في هذا الشأن.

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يبدو إن القضية مرتبطة بهذا الموضوع وتهم الاتجار بالبشر بمبالغ تصل الى 50 مليون دينار كويتي مع أشخاص آخرين


Three Bangladeshis brings in 20,000 workers, KD 50 million human trafficking racket bust

12/02/2020

Baffling facts as one arrested, two suspects flee country – One becomes Member of Parliament in Bangladesh

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 12: The Ministry of Interior has arrested an unidentified Bangladeshi in connection with money laundering and trafficking in humans and visas, reports Al-Qabas daily.

According to the daily the suspect is a member of a three man gang, while according to sources the two others have left the country after sensing trouble.

The daily has learned the trio occupied sensitive positions in three major companies that brought into the country more than 20,000 Bangladeshi menial workers in exchange for large sums of money believed to be more than 50 million dinars.

What is surprising is one of the three men reported recently became a member in the Bangladeshi Parliament and is on the board of directors of a large bank in his country and that he shuttled between Kuwait and Bangladesh.

His stay in Kuwait was no more than 48 hours. The sources revealed as soon as this MP learned he would be investigated by the personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) he left the country about a week ago, while the file of the company he was running has been suspended.

The sources said the file of the company managed by the suspect was suspended after discovering the workers were not paid their salaries for more than 5 months.

Moreover, the workers who were brought on government cleaning contracts by the company discovered that they were victims of visa traders because their salaries were lower than that stipulated in their contracts.

The sources pointed out the CID men have concluded through investigations that the three men have a large network of Bangladeshi employees working for them and are involved in visa trafficking. The CID men have also learned that each Bangladeshi worker paid between 1,800 and 2,200 dinars for the average worker, while the driver’s visa is ‘sold’ for between 2,500 and 3,000 dinars.

The sources added, another accused who is identified only as (S) is said to have left for an European country taking advantage of the company he works for. He alone is said to have brought into the country about 7,000 workers on cleaning contracts


http://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/bangladeshis-brings-in-20000-workers-kd-50-million-human-trafficking-racket-bust/

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صحيفة بنغالية أوردت الخبر بتاريخ اليوم 7 يونيو 2020


Lakshmipur 2 MP Kazi Papul arrested in Kuwait on human trafficking, money laundering charges


Ali Asif Shawon
Published June 7th, 2020

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Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul Collected

He has been under the scanner of Bangladesh government for his suspected involvement in human trafficking

Lakshmipur 2 MP Mohammad Shahid Islam, widely known as Kazi Papul, has been arrested in Kuwait by the country's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on charges of human trafficking and money laundering.

According to several sources from the Bangladeshi community there, the independent lawmaker was arrested from his home in Mushrif residential area in Kuwait City around 9:30pm local time on Saturday.

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen told Dhaka Tribune on Sunday afternoon that the Bangladesh ambassador in Kuwait informed him of Papul's arrest in a case filed over his businesses there.

Earlier in the day, Ambassador SM Abul Kalam had said that he heard the news in the morning. "There are some reports of human trafficking allegations against him [Papul]."

According to sources, after the coronavirus outbreak in Kuwait, the intelligence agencies arrested more than 100 people from different countries for their involvement in human trafficking and money laundering. Papul's name was also on that list of arrestees.

The independent lawmaker has been staying in Kuwait, where he has some big businesses, since late March, sources said.

However, Selina Islam, his wife and an independent reserve seat lawmaker herself, claimed the news of his arrest was nothing but a rumour.

“This is a rumour. Some people are spreading this on social media,” she asserted.

Reached for comment, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Shahriar Alam said: "We do not know anything officially. Our embassy is checking with the local authority."

"Even a convict is entitled to receive consular support from the home country by law. It's unpleasant," he told Dhaka Tribune over the phone on Sunday afternoon

In February, different media outlets had reported on allegations against Shahid for human trafficking to Kuwait.

According to media reports in Kuwait, security authorities in the country were looking for a Bangladeshi parliamentarian who was allegedly involved in illegal visa trading.

The parliamentarian is believed to have gifted five expensive cars to senior government officials in Kuwait to get government contracts for the company he runs there, the reports said.

At the time, Foreign Minister Momen had called the reports fake, saying that the Bangladeshi mission in Kuwait did not inform them about anything like that.

An Anti-Corruption Commission investigation against Kazi Papul is also underway on allegations of corruption, including amassing illegal wealth through human trafficking.

Al-Qabas, a daily which quoted the Ministry of Interior of Kuwait, reported that an unidentified Bangladeshi was arrested in February based on allegations of money laundering and human trafficking.

He is said to be a member of a three-member gang while the other two fled the country sensing impending trouble.

The trio allegedly occupied sensitive positions in three major companies that brought more than 20,000 Bangladeshi menial workers to Kuwait in exchange for large sums of money believed to be more than 50 million dinars.

The unidentified Bangladeshi disclosed the name of a Bangladeshi lawmaker during interrogation, the daily reported.

In conversation with officials at the Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait, Dhaka Tribune learnt that the parliamentarian in question is Mohammad Shahid Islam.

Mohammad Shahid Islam is a partner, managing director, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Marafie Kuwaitia Group, which operates in sectors such as engineering, contracting, logistics and facility management in Kuwait, Oman, and Jordan.

The first time Shahid went to Kuwait was in 1992 when he joined a US-based company called Vector Marketing. He later joined Marafie Kuwaitia Company as general manager and later was appointed as managing director and CEO of the company.

The company offers nearly a dozen different services, including facility management, rental and leasing of heavy equipment, military logistics, electro-mechanical, electrical construction and engineering and maintenance, as well as general trading and contracting, and providing human resources support services.

He is also the vice-chairman at NRB Commercial Bank and chairman of NRB Security Exchange Company in Bangladesh. He is also a director at Crystal Energy Limited (CEL) in Bangladesh, Omera Energy in Singapore, and United Al-Ektesad International Money Remittance Company.

Shahid has shares worth Tk26 crore in Diganta Media Corporation Limited, according to documents obtained by Dhaka Tribune.

Moreover, it is also alleged that he conducted businesses with Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali, who was executed for war crimes committed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.

However, Shahid said he invested in Diganta Media Corporation Limited following a request from one of his relatives, and that it was a failed investment.

The rise of Shahid in politics

Someone who had no previous political background, Shahid suddenly appeared on the political landscape of Lakshmipur, three years prior to the 11th parliamentary elections.

In November 2016, Shahid organized a view-exchange program in Raipur upazila where he introduced himself as the convener of Kuwait unit Awami League and announced the launch of various social and voluntary activities.

When Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Lakshmipur in March 2017, he received a seat on the same stage as the premier, as a guest at a public rally organized by the district Awami League.

Later, he continued to donate money for different programs organized by the ruling party's upazila and union units.

Soon, Shahid became the elected representative for Lakshmipur 2 constituency, while he also made sure that his wife Selina became a parliamentarian, thanks to reserved seats for women.

He used to visit the locality on a helicopter to attract the attention of people, but Shahid claimed that his intentions were purely that of social service, and not politics.

Allegations baseless, claims Shahid

In February, lawmaker Shahid Islam claimed that all the allegations were false and baseless.

"I am doing business in Kuwait for the last 30 years, mostly for the supply of heavy equipment. Staff from 29 countries are employed at my companies in Kuwait," he said.

"I do not have a recruiting agency in my name in Bangladesh," he said, claiming that some people who were jealous of his success as a lawmaker were spreading misinformation and lies.

"I did return to Bangladesh on February 8, but not for any problem there [Kuwait]," Shahid added.



https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2020/06/07/bangladeshi-lawmaker-arrested-in-kuwait

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صحيفة بنغالية أخرى أوردت الخبر

Bangladesh MP arrested in Kuwait

Ahammad Foyez | Published: Jun 07,2020


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Kuwait’s Central Investigation Department arrested Bangladesh lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam in Kuwait on charges of human trafficking and money laundering.

‘Bangladesh ambassador to Kuwait informed that the Bangladeshi lawmaker was arrested in a case filed over his business matters in Kuwait,’ foreign minister AK Abdul Momen told New Age.

The foreign minister said that the independent lawmaker from Lakshmipur-2 constituency was picked up from his Kuwait home last night.

Reserved seat independent lawmaker Salina Islam, also the wife of Shahid Islam, told New Age that the investigators picked up her husband to ‘discuss’ some complaints filed against him over business matters.

On February 26, in Bangladesh, the Anti-Corruption Commission initiated an inquiry against the independent lawmaker and NRB Commercial Bank Ltd director Shahid Islam on charge of his alleged involvement in accumulation of illegal wealth through money laundering.

The inquiry against the Kuwait-based businessman was initiated after a 174-page complaint was filed with the commission, said ACC.

The ACC launched the inquiry against the businessman 10 days after road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader said that legal steps would be taken over the allegations of human trafficking against independent lawmaker from Lakshmipur-2.

Obaidul said that he would request the ACC to investigate the matter as per the prime minister’s stance against corruption.

Arab Times of Kuwait reported on February 13 that a Bangladesh parliamentarian ‘is believed to be involved in visa trade in Kuwait’ and he was one of the three-man gang sought by the security authorities of Kuwait.

Describing the Bangladesh MP as a ‘fugitive’ person, it said he has given five expensive cars in gifts to senior government officials of Kuwait to get several government contracts.

He allegedly transferred most of his wealth to the US and entered into a business partnership with a US citizen.

He began work in Kuwait as a supervisor of cleaning workers in one of the major companies and became a partner in the company, the newspaper reported.


https://www.newagebd.net/article/107863/bangladesh-mp-arrested-in-kuwait

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