Anti-liberation forces out to foil war crimes trial

Says state minister

9 April 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

State Minister for Law Quamrul Islam speaks at a discussion at the National Press Club in the city yesterday.Photo: STAR

All the financial institutions of the anti-liberation forces should be brought under the control of the government so that they cannot use funds from the institutions to foil the trial of war criminals, State Minister for Law Quamrul Islam said yesterday. The war criminals are wealthy and they might use a huge amount of money from their institutions such as Ibn Sina and Islami Bank to foil the trial, he said at a discussion on 'Combating terrorism and militants: Regional cooperation in maintaining peace' organised by the World Peace and Human Rights Movement Bangladesh at the National Press Club. The state minister said the anti-liberation forces are hatching conspiracies to make the country unstable in order to foil the trial of war criminals. "The anti-liberation forces started hatching conspiracies after the process of the trial of war criminals began. They may launch terrible attacks to foil it," he said. He also said that restoring the constitution of 1972 would pave the way for establishing a non-communal democratic country. He blamed the previous BNP-Jamaat government for nurturing terrorism and militancy in the country during its tenure. Speaking at the seminar, lawmaker Hasanul Haque Inu, also the president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, urged all pro-liberation forces to maintain unity to try war criminals successfully. He also demanded a ban on the religion-based politics in the country. Emphasising regional cooperation in combating terrorism and militancy, Inu suggested forming a network among the South Asian countries to this end. Organisation president Jamal Uddin Sabuj presided over the seminar while its general secretary Phanindra Sarkar, adviser Rokon Uddin Ahmed and columnist Tarapada Acharya also spoke.