‘Khairuzzaman to be brought back’

Md Shahriar Alam, state minister for foreign affairs, yesterday reiterated that M Khairuzzaman, arrested in Malaysia, would be brought back home soon.

"I'm confident that he [Khairuzzaman] is coming back," said Shahriar when approached by journalists. He hinted that the government can talk to the UN, if necessary, in this regard.

Khairuzzaman, a retired army major, was accused of participating in the 1975 jail killings and was later acquitted before being appointed as Bangladesh's high commissioner to Malaysia in 2007 during the caretaker government.