No action against Papul untill documents received : FM

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen said that no action against Papul will taken untill documents received. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said the Kuwaiti government is yet to inform anything about conviction of Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul in a case related to human trafficking, residency visa trading and money laundering.

“We can’t take any decision until we know about it officially. The Kuwaiti government is yet to officially convey it to us,” he told reporters after attending a function in the city.

Foreign Minister Momen said they would share with the relevant offices and Parliament once they receive documents from the Kuwait government.

“Then a decision will be taken as per rules,” he said.

A Kwait court on Thursday sentenced Papul, an independent MP from Laxmipur-2, to four years in prison and fined him 1.97 million Kuwaiti dinars (around Tk 55 crore) in a bribery case.

He admitted to bribing millions of Kuwaiti dinars to the Kuwaiti officials for securing work visas unlawfully and getting job contracts for his company Marafie Kuwaitia Group where he held the position of managing director and CEO.