孟加拉國前總理獲刑5年
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been sentenced to five years in prison on corruption charges.
Zia received the verdict Thursday in a courtroom in the capital, Dhaka. She was convicted of embezzling up to $250,000 from a trust fund dedicated to an orphanage.
Zia's son, Tarique Rahman, and four other people convicted in the case were sentenced by the judge to 10 years in prison for their involvement in the crime.
The conviction bars Zia, the head of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, from running in the next national elections set for December. Her lawyers have denounced the case as politically motivated.
Thousands of Zia's supporters poured onto the streets of Dhaka ahead of Thursday's hearing and escorted her motorcade to the courtroom, despite the heavy presence of riot police deployed throughout the city.
Bangladesh's political scene has been dominated for years by a bitter rivalry between Zia and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.孟加拉國前總理卡莉達·齊亞被判處5年刑期，罪名是貪污腐敗。
星期四，齊亞在首都達卡的一家法庭獲得判決。她被判從一個孤兒院的專款中挪用25萬美元的罪名成立。
涉案的齊亞的兒子塔裏克·拉赫曼和另外四人被法官認定罪名成立，判處10年監禁。
這一判決使孟加拉國反對黨民族主義黨的領袖齊亞不能參加定於12月舉行的全國選舉。她的律師說，這一案件是政治動機推動的。
儘管政府當局出動大批的防暴警察遍佈達卡，但成千上萬的齊亞支持者星期四在庭訊前涌上達卡街頭，護送着齊亞的車隊駛向法庭。
孟加拉國政壇多年來一直被齊亞和現任總理謝赫·哈西娜之間你死我活的爭鬥所主導。
