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

Tulip Siddiq fears plans to use ‘fake’ documents to secure conviction in corruption trial

Tulip Siddiq  poses for a portrait
Tulip Siddiq, the MP for Hampstead and Highgate, claims documents that appeared in the Times and a Bangladeshi newspaper were forgeries. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

The former City minister Tulip Siddiq has said she fears prosecutors could be planning to use “fake” documents to secure her conviction in her trial in Bangladesh on corruption charges.

The Labour MP, who is being tried in absentia, spoke out after images of a Bangladeshi national identity card and a passport said to be in her name were published in newspapers in the UK and in Bangladesh.

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