The International Crimes Tribunal will begin in July the trials of BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, already detained on war crime charges, said a member of the investigation agency.
He said that the tribunal would begin the trials of Jamaat-e-Islami's amir Motiur Rahman Nizami, secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, and also former amir Ghulam Azam, in August.
Law minister Shafique Ahmed on Sunday said that war crimes trials would start from July.
Claiming that sufficient progress had been made in the investigation of war crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal, also known as war crimes tribunal, he told reporters that the tribunal would first try two detained suspects, whom he refused to name. 'The trials of others will be held in turns,' he added.
Shafique said this after a meeting on necessary logistical support for the International Crimes Tribunal that was held at the finance ministry and chaired by finance minister AMA Muhith.
LGRD minister Syed Ashraful Islam, planning minister AK Khandker, home minister Sahara Khatun, state minister for home Shamsul Haque Tuku and state minister for law Quamrul Islam were among those who attended the meeting.
Muhith said that the allegation that war crimes trials were suffering from inertia due to lack of logistic support was baseless.
He claimed that the tribunal was not facing any financial problems.
'There was lack of coordination in the tribunal, but now that problem has been solved,' he added.
Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, Delwar Hossain Sayedee, Motiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman and Abdul Quader Molla were detained because of the complaints filed by the investigation agency of the tribunal.
Of those accused of war crimes, BNP leader Abdul Alim is on bail and Ghulam Azam is yet to be detained.
Source : New Age
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