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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

‘I’m collateral damage’: ex-minister Tulip Siddiq on her Bangladesh corruption trial

Tulip Siddiq stands with her arms crossed, looking at the camera
Tulip Siddiq learned via a journalist that she had been formally indicted in Bangladesh for corruption. A trial date has been set for 11 August for her and more than 20 others. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

“There’s no extradition treaty, I looked that up myself actually,” says Tulip Siddiq, the MP for Hampstead and Highgate and a Treasury minister until her resignation in January.

Just over a week ago, Siddiq, 42, a Keir Starmer loyalist, learned via a journalist who had contacted her lawyer that she had been formally indicted in Bangladesh for corruption.

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