Bangladesh court convicts son of opposition leaderDHAKA, Bangladesh -- A Bangladesh court on Thursday convicted the exiled eldest son of the main opposition leader for money laundering and sentenced him to seven years in prison, a move that could end his political ambitions. The 51-year-old is the eldest son of opposition leader and two-times former prime minister Khaleda Zia and was considered her political heir apparent. It has blamed the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its Islamist ally. There was no immediate comment from Zia's party on her son's conviction, but an aide to the opposition leader said the case was politically motivated. The judge overturned a lower 2013 acquittal by a lower court of Tarique Rahman, who lives in exile in London and now faces a ban from politics.

Source: The China Post July 21, 2016 16:24 UTC