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Al Jazeera Investigative Unit

UK crime agency freezes assets of disgraced Sheikh Hasina ally

Former Land Minister Chowdhury spent more than $500m on luxury real estate in London, Dubai, and New York (Al Jazeera)

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has frozen properties in the United Kingdom owned by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Bangladesh’s former Minister of Land, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) can reveal.

The move follows legal requests from Bangladesh authorities to take action against assets owned by Chowdhury, a political ally of deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of the now-banned Awami League party. Chowdhury is under investigation by Bangladesh authorities for money laundering.

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