According to British tabloid the Daily Mail, officials in Dhaka have uncovered records showing Tulip was issued a Bangladeshi passport at 19 and a national identity card in 2011. The Telegraph said documents it had seen also suggested Tulip received a passport in 2001 and an ID card a decade later. Citing Mohammed Abdul Momen, the head of Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission, the Daily Mail reports that the passport and ID card issued to her were genuine. In 2017 she told a UK journalist: “I am British, be very careful what you’re saying, I am a British MP ... Bangladeshi authorities have asserted that she possesses a valid passport and national ID.
