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Zainul Abdin Farroque

Zainul Abdin Farroque

Bangladeshi politician

Zainul Abdin Farroque is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Noakhali-2 and Noakhali-1.[1][2]

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Early life

Zainul Abdin Farroque was born on 10 December 1949.[3]

Career

In 2009 Farroque was elected to Parliament as an opposition Member of Parliament and appointed the opposition whip. On 6 July 2011 he was injured by members of Bangladesh Police in an opposition demonstration near the Bangladesh Parliament.[4] He sued the police officers involved and filled a 100 million taka lawsuit against the government. The case was dismissed after investigators submitted a Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Hasibul Haque blaming Farroque for the incident.[5]

Farroque was arrested on 3 July 2017 by Bangladesh Police on cases that accused him of sabotage during protests against the government.[6] He was granted bail on 6 September 2017 in two cases over protests against Bangladesh Awami League government.[7] He is an adviser to former Prime Minister and Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Khaleda Zia.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Name of Committees for 9th Parliament (English)". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. [2]
    "List of 8th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  3. [3]
    "Profile Mr. Zainul Abdin Farroque". tritiyomatra.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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    Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011. Government Printing Office. 1987. p. 2082. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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    "Zainul Abdin files damage suit". The Daily Star. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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    "BNP leader Zainul Abedin Farroque lands in jail in 'sabotage' cases". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  7. [7]
    "BNP's Farroque, 28 others get bail". The Daily Star. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  8. [8]
    "BNP intends to stand by govt on Rohingya issue, says Farroque". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

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