“Seek Justice From My Country”: Sheikh Hasina In First Remarks After Ouster
Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in first comments after leaving Dhaka, has sought that rioters in the country be punished. She has also sought justice for the vandalism to the statue of her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was also the Founding Father of Bangladesh.
In a three-page emotive statement posted on X by her son, Sheikh Hasina reminisced about the family members she lost when her father was assassinated on August 15, 1975. Mujibur Rahman’s sons and their wives, his bother’s family, close colleagues and asociates were wiped out the same night by the army as part of a coup.
After paying her respects to them, she turned to the present day, saying the dance of destruction across the country in the name of protest, has also led to many deaths — of “students teachers, police, journalists, social workers, common people, leaders and workers of the Awami League, pedestrians and office workers”.
“For those who have lost theri loved ones like me, i extend my deepest sympathy. And for tgose involved in this slaughter, this destruction, I demand that investigations be held and they be caught and given appropriate punishment,” reads a rough translation of her statement in Bengali.
