Foolproof security for ICT demanded

The government must ensure foolproof security for International Crimes Tribunals (ICT) and persons working with it to save the tribunals, demanded Ekatturer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee yesterday.
The committee, also known as Forum for Secular Bangladesh & Trial of War Criminals of 1971, placed a five-point demand, including stern action against persons involved in leaking the Skype conversation of Justice Md Nizamul Huq.
On December 11, ICT-1 Chairman Justice Huq resigned amid controversy after Bangla daily Amar Desh published “transcript of Skype conversation” of Justice Huq with expatriate law expert Ahmed Ziauddin. The newspaper said it had collected the records of the conversation from a source abroad.
At a press conference in Dhaka Reporters Unity yesterday, the committee Adviser Justice Syed Amirul Islam said legal steps could be taken against persons involved in the hacking of Justice Huq's Skype account.
He said, according to Information and Technology Act-2006, a person found involved in hacking into someone's computer and then leaking personal information could be awarded 10 years' imprisonment or fined Tk 1 crore.
The committee Acting President Shahriar Kabir called upon the government to incorporate tougher penalties by amending existing laws so that none dares to hack into Skype or e-mail accounts.
The committee Vice-President Muntassir Mamoon called upon the government to include provisions of capital punishment in the act if hackers threatened the country's security.
“We are yet not certain if the Amar Desh authority itself was engaged in the hacking or got it from someone else. But getting or buying the Skype conversation is like buying a stolen material,” he said.