2024-08-18 14:37:11
Published: 17:05, 15 August 2024 Updated: 19:24, 15 August 2024
The United Nations Fact Finding Mission will come to Bangladesh next week to investigate the killings surrounding the anti-discrimination student movement. The current advisory council will fully cooperate with this committee for the sake of fair and impartial investigation.
On Thursday (August 15) at noon, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain told reporters this.
He said the government also wants a transparent investigation. We will give them all possible cooperation so that they can investigate independently.
In response to a question about the arrival of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission in Bangladesh, he said, the main thing is to help us, so that we can conduct the investigation properly. Those who deserve to be punished should be punished. The current government’s position is very clear. Those who committed and ordered these crimes must be brought to justice. It is our policy decision to let the United Nations help in that regard. We will add them as decided. The remaining issues will be decided by the three ministries together.
They said they will independently investigate their funding, when asked about that, the advisor said, funding is not everything. Let them do it freely. But if they go to investigate, they have to look at their safety. So no matter how independent, we must be dependent. This government also wants a transparent investigation. Let there be a legal system based on it. We want to do the work completely according to the law.
When asked whether the government would cooperate with them in an impartial investigation, he said, “We will definitely try to make an impartial investigation.” Its basis is acceptable to the whole world. The situation is such that any kind of criticism can come. So we would like it to be completely neutral, we will do whatever cooperation we need in that.
Dhaka/Hassan/NH