An anti-corruption court Wednesday formally charged an ex-Bangladeshi prime minister in a case involving the purchase of fighter jets from Russia during her 1996-2001 tenure, a government prosecutor said.
Judge Golam Mortuza Mazumdar of the special court set Sept. 3 to begin ex-Premier Sheikh Hasina's trial, prosecutor Syed Shamim Ahsan said.
Hasina and five others, including former military and government officials, have been charged with financial irregularities in the purchase of eight Russian MiG-29 fighter planes for US$924 million, according to the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Hasina, who was arrested in July 2007 to face …
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