Ex-CJ Khairul says 'not having money isn't a crime’ as court orders his arrest in graft case

Former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque has told a Dhaka court that “not having money is not a crime” during a hearing on whether to place him under arrest in a corruption case over a disputed plot of land. He said he had informed the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), the capital’s development authority, that he would pay the outstanding amount for the plot after retirement, which he later did. Acting judge Ibrahim Mia of the Dhaka Senior Special Judges’ Court heard an application by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday to show Khairul arrested in the graft case. He later scheduled a further hearing for Wednesday to consider the request. The former chief justice was brought to court around 10:30am...