NEWS UPDATES
Tuesday, April 15 2008. 1130
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in a letter addressed to the secretary, Ministry of Law has forwarded its opinion on the proposed Truth Commission 04 April proposing amendments to some of its provisions.
During the routine press briefing ACC Director General (Admin) Col Hanif Iqbal mentioned -“We do not have any disagreement with the government decision regarding formation of Truth Commission. We have just proposed amending some of the provision.”
The ACC has also sent a proposal to the National Board of Revenue to look into sources of income or capability of earning of individuals when they get their black money whitened; confirmed the spokes person of ACC.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008. 1100
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against former adviser to caretaker government Justice Fazlul Haque on charges of amassing assets illegally and concealing wealth information on 12 April 2008 with Ramna Police Station.
According to the first information report (FIR), Justice Haque in his wealth statement to the ACC held back information about moveable and immovable property worth around Tk 97.37 lakh. Those assets do not match up with his known sources of income.
The case was filed under sections 26(2) and 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act-2004 and section 5(2) of article 2 of the Corruption Prevention Act-1947 and section 15 of Emergency Power Rules-2007.
The ACC has decided serve notices on Fazlul Haque's son Afzal Hossain Raj, son-in-law Tariqur, Raj's friend Sujon, and Abdul Malek, an official of the Justice Fazlul Haque Foundation.
Sunday, April 06, 2008. 10:05 "If the government feels the necessity of forming Truth Commission, then we should not have any disagreement with the government on its decision,”-- commented Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Lt Gen Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury (Retd) on 03 April 2008 at a routine press briefing to the journalists. He further mentioned that the proposed Truth Commission should not have any scope to spare any 'particular party' in its operation, and that must be ensured through law. The ACC Chairman ruled out any possibility of a row between the two commissions over any single case in reply to a question.
Gen Hasan Mashhud (Retd) also said the commission has already ordered filing 30 cases based on allegations made by people. It has received 40,000 allegations from them.
He mentioned that the ACC has 60 cases in court now and 41 have been disposed of. It has filed 174 first information reports (FIR) and the number of investigations being conducted by it stands at 90. Besides, the commission has prepared 22 charge sheets
Thursday, April 03, 2008 12:50
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka, his wife, son and daughter for amassing wealth illegally and concealing wealth information on 02 April 2008 with Ramna police accusing Khoka and his wife Ismat Ara, daughter Sarika Sadeque and son Ishrak Hossain for accumulating wealth worth over Tk 17.57 crore, which does not match his actual income
The case has been filed under sections 26 (2) and 27 (1) of the ACC Act, 2004, section 109 of the Penal Code and section 15 of the Emergency Power Rules, 2007.
Teusday, April 01, 2008
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) suggested introduction of a permanent system at ministries or government offices immediately for scrutinising the wealth statements submitted by government officials. The system would help maintain discipline at ministries or government offices and curb corruption.
The commission in a letter to the cabinet secretary on 31 March 2008 offered the suggestion to deal with the wealth statements submitted by government officials following an order from the establishment ministry that was initiated too on the advice of the ACC.
Friday March 28, 2008 0:52
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on 27 March 2007 approved submitting charge sheet against BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman, his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman and mother-in-law Iqbalmand Banu in a case filed for amassing illegal wealth and hiding wealth information.
Following investigation, the commission decided to charge him with concealing wealth worth Tk 2,16,48,087 in his statement to the ACC and amassing assets of Tk 5,845,000 beyond known sources of his income that is total illgotten wealth amounting Tk 2,74,93,087.
Dr Zubaida and her mother Iqbalmand are accused of abetting Tarique in concealing information on wealth.
Website Launched
Thursday March 27, 2008 13:52
 The official website of Anti Corruption Commission was launched at http://www.acc.org.bd. The website shall provide regular updates on activities of Anti Corruption Commission along with updates on any verdicts, achievements, our goal and aims. In addition, people can get updated information on any tenders or notices or job oppurtunites available at ACC
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