A senior Labour minister is being probed over claims she and her household made billions from a Russian nuclear plant.
Tulip Siddiq is MP for Hampstead and Highgate, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, and City Minister. Part of her duties as a minister contain stamping out corruption within the monetary sector.
She and her household have been aaccused of pocketing as a lot as £4 billion in bribes throughout a nuclear energy plant deal.
The household’s native nation of Bangladesh is now investigating Siddiq to seek out proof of embezzlement within the nation, in accordance with MailOnline.
The nation’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) reportedly launched the probe into Siddiq, her mom Sheikh Rehana Siddiq, her cousin Sajeeb Wazed Joy, her uncle Tariq Siddiq, and her aunt Sheikh Hasina Wazed.
Her aunt was previously the Bangladeshi prime minister however was ousted after being in energy for over 15 years, and her uncle is believed to be in hiding within the nation.
The ACC investigation comes after an order from Bangladesh High Court after listening to claims Siddiq could have helped “broker” the nuclear take care of Russian state-backed firm Rosatom.
The deal, value £10 billion, was allegedly signed by Vladimir Putin and Hasina in 2013 within the presence of Siddiq whereas she was a Labour councillor.
The ACC stated: “The commission is committed to ensuring transparency and accountability, irrespective of the stature of those involved.”
Siddiq has as but declined to remark, however an insider supply known as the allegations “spurious” since they first emerged in America.
Syed Faruk, the UK General Secretary of Hasina’s Awami League Party and a household pal of Siddiq, has strongly denied the allegations, calling it a “politically motivated attack”.
He stated: “These stories are fabricated. These are 100% politically motivated attacks against the Hasina family by the current government. They are attacking Tulip because she is the niece of our honourable Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina.”
The Labour Party has been approached for remark.
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