ACC to appeal against HC stay order

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will appeal against the court order that stayed the Barapukuria Coalmine corruption case filed against former prime minister Khaleda Zia and 15 others.
ACC Director General (admin) Col Hanif Iqbal during a routine press briefing at the ACC headquarters said, "We have not received any order from the court regarding the stay of the Barapukuria coalmine case. We will initiate a legal move as soon as we get the order.”
The High Court (HC) on October 16 stayed the proceedings of the case for three months.
The ACC on Sunday sent National Coordination Committee (NCC) to combat corruption and serious crimes a list of 116 people who were convicted by lower courts in 100 ACC-filed cases.
The government asked the ACC for the list in the wake of speculations and newspaper reports on the fate of convicted politicians and their participation in the upcoming national polls.
Special courts convicted the politicians of corruption and turpitude in cases filed by the ACC and the NBR since January 11, 2007.
Joynal Abedin Hazari, Amanullah Aman, Aminul Haque, Kazi Jaforullah, Pankaj Debnath, Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan, M Rashiduzzaman Millat, HBM Iqbal, Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin, Nazmul Huda, ANH Akhter Hossain, Shahjahan Chowdhury, Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, Md Nasim, Ali Asghar Lobi, Hafiz Ibrahim, Manzurul Ahsan Munshi, Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku, Salahuddin Ahmed (also ex-state minister), Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Former AL lawmaker Mohammad Mohiuddin, Sheikh Helaluddin, Mufti Shahidul Islam (of IOJ), Haji Md Selim, Ziaul Haque Zia, Manjur Morshed Khan, M Naser Rahman, Mostafa Rashidi Suja, Shajahan Siraj, Mokbul Hossain, Shahjahan Omar, Anwar Hossain Manju and Abul Hasnat Abdullah are among the convicted former lawmakers in ACC-filed cases.
Hanif Iqbal said 60 ACC-filed cases are going to be listed soon by the Supreme Court for hearing.
Hearing on five cases has already been completed. The Supreme Court had vacated the stay order on the five cases.
The ACC has so far forwarded 128 applications to the Truth and Accountability (Tac) commission as the applicants wished to make voluntary disclosures.
The ACC will sit with the local government, communications and health ministries as part of its ongoing programme to curb institutional corruption.
Meanwhile, the ACC yesterday approved submission of five charge sheets against eight people including former BNP lawmaker Dewan Salahuddin Babu in connection with misappropriating materials meant for government relief, concealing wealth information from the commission and amassing wealth beyond known sources of income.