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[2] Khaleda Zia’s lawyer Khandaker Mahbub Hossain demanded that she be given the permission to go abroad on a special flight, reports Somoy TV.
[3] “Many people are leaving the country under cover of darkness. If she wishes, she should be allowed to go to any country to save her life,” said the lawyer. [4] The Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that they have nothing to do in this regard. [5] The lawyer of Anti- Corruption Commission said that she may go abroad with the permission of the government and the court. After serving 25 months for corruption cases, Khaleda was released through executive orders from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on March 25.
[7] She has been in prison since February 2018 after she was sentenced to a total of 17 years in two graft cases involving Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust.
She was initially kept at Old Dhaka’s abandoned central prison, but later on Apr 1, 2019 she was moved to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for treatment.
In the past two years, Khaleda’s legal team had appealed several times for her bail but it was not granted. It was reported in the media that her family appealed to the home ministry for her temporary release in early March.