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词条 Harris Chowdhury
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  1. Career

     Charges and convictions 

  2. Family

  3. References

{{Infobox person
| name = Abul Harris Chowdhury
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| occupation = Businessman, politician
| party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
}}Abul Harris Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician who served as the political secretary of the then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[1][2][3] He is sentenced to 65 years in total and a life term in prison for committing multiple crimes.[4] He had fled the country in 2007 and is a fugitive since then.[5]

Career

In 1991, Chowdhury lost the Bangladeshi general election as a BNP candidate from the Sylhet-5 constituency.[4][5] Before 2001, he was the president of National Institute for Deaf and Dumb when he hired eight to nine shops of the institution and launched car business through Asha Car Vision.[5] He served as the political secretary of the then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia from 2001 to 2006.[6]

Charges and convictions

Chowdhury has been a fugitive since the military-backed interim caretaker government took the power on 11 Jan 2007. Later that year, Chowdhury was charged by the caretaker government of acquiring his wealth through corruption.[7][8] In October, he was sentenced to three years in jail by a special anti-corruption tribunal for illegally possessing foreign currency.[9][10] In November, a Dhaka court sentenced him to 59 years in jail and fined him Tk 21 lakh on five counts of charges, including abuse of power and government-transport mishandling.[11]

Chowdhury was charged with involvement in the murder of former finance minister, Shah A M S Kibria, in 2005.[12] In November 2014, a supplementary chargesheet was submitted accusing 35 people including Chowdhury.[13]

Chowdhury was charged with Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.[13]

Chowdhury was charged with involvement in the 15 August 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.[14] In December 2014, an arrest warrant was issued against him.[15] In February 2016, his properties were confiscated by the directives of Bangladesh High Court.[16] In October 2018, a special court found Chowdhury and 37 others guilty in the grenade attack case. He was sentenced to life term in prison and fined Tk 50,000.[17] Interpol Red Notice had been served on him in November 2015.[22] According to CID and police headquarters sources, as of October 2018, Chowdhury was moving through Malaysia, London, Singapore, United States and India.[18]

Family

Chowdhury is married to Josne Ara Chowdhury.[7] They have a son, Nayem Shafi Chowdhury and a daughter, Samira Tanjin.[7] Chowdhury's younger brother is Selim Chowdhury (also known as Amran Hossain Chowdhury and Chowdhury AH).[7] His elder sister is Akhlasun Nahar.[7]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Harris Chy among 9 charged with Kibria murder|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/harris-chy-among-9-charged-with-kibria-murder-50184|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=21 January 2017|language=en|date=13 November 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|last1=Manik|first1=Julfikar Ali|last2=Khan|first2=Sharier|title=Harris Chowdhury|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/05/23/d7052301011.htm|website=archive.thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=High Court rejects former prime minister Khaleda Zia's plea|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-high-court-rejects-former-prime-minister-khaleda-zia-s-plea-2199423|website=dnaindia.com|publisher=Daily News & Analysis|accessdate=21 January 2017|date=7 April 2016}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://en.banglatribune.com/country/news/99/Where-is-Harris-Chowdhury|title=Where is Harris Chowdhury?|work=Bangla Tribune|access-date=2018-10-14|date=2017-08-30|language=en}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=232 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics|website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=2018-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228234831/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=232 |archive-date=2008-12-28 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Sacked Sylhet mayor Ariful out of jail on bail|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/01/04/sacked-sylhet-mayor-ariful-out-of-jail-on-bail|website=bdnews24.com|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Harris the fortune-maker|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-50533|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=21 January 2017|language=en|date=15 August 2008}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Jail term for Khaleda Zia adviser|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6675899.stm|website=news.bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC NEWS|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=Three more top Bangladeshis held|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6698949.stm|website=news.bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC NEWS|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2007/10/04/harris-chowdhury-jailed-for-3-years|title=Harris Chowdhury jailed for 3 years|access-date=2018-10-14|date=2007-10-14|work=bdnews24.com}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2007/11/04/harris-chowdhury-to-spend-10-years-behind-bars|title=Harris Chowdhury to spend 10 years behind bars|access-date=2018-10-14|date=2007-11-04}}
12. ^{{cite web|title=Deputy speaker blames failure to try policemen's killers for Liton murder, seeks security for MPs|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/01/02/deputy-speaker-blames-failure-to-try-policemen-s-killers-for-liton-murder-seeks-security-for-mps|website=bdnews24.com|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/11/13/khaleda-s-ex-political-secretary-harris-chowdhury-implicated-in-kibria-murder|title=Khaleda's ex-political secretary Harris Chowdhury implicated in Kibria murder|access-date=2018-10-14}}
14. ^{{cite web|title=Khaleda's ex-political secretary Harris Chowdhury implicated in Kibria murder|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/11/13/khaleda-s-ex-political-secretary-harris-chowdhury-implicated-in-kibria-murder|website=bdnews24.com|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
15. ^{{cite web|title=Arrest warrants for Harris Chowdhury, BNP mayors in Kibria murder|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/12/21/arrest-warrants-for-harris-chowdhury-bnp-mayors-in-kibria-murder|website=bdnews24.com|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
16. ^{{cite web|title=Court orders impounding of assets of 10 fugitives in explosives case over ex-minister Kibria murder|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/02/29/court-orders-impounding-of-assets-of-10-fugitives-in-explosives-case-over-ex-minister-kibria-murder|website=bdnews24.com|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
17. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/august-21-carnage/21-august-grenade-attack-verdict-tarique-rahman-awarded-life-1645090|title=August 21 attack: 'State-backed crime' punished|date=2018-10-11|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-10-14|language=en}}
18. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/police-locate-harris-chowdhury-among-8-fugitives-august-21-grenade-attack-2004-in-dhaka-1644778|title=Cops locate Harris among 8 fugitives of Aug 21 grenade attack|date=2018-10-09|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-10-14|language=en}}
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