A recent social media post by Tajul Islam, the Chief Prosecutor of the so-called International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) under the regime of Muhammad Yunus, has triggered serious concern about the underlying agenda of Bangladesh’s unelected rulers. In a Facebook post, accompanied by a photo from a private dinner event, Tajul Islam proudly shared that he attended a gathering hosted in honor of Nurul Izzah Anwar – daughter of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Vice President of the ruling People’s Justice Party – and Yasin Aktay, former advisor to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a senior leader of Turkey’s ultra-Islamist AK Party.

The caption of his post (originally in Bangla) reads:

“Last night, we had a lively discussion over dinner organized in honor of Nurul Izzah Anwar — the daughter of the Prime Minister of Malaysia and Vice President of the ruling People’s Justice Party — and Yasin Aktay, former advisor to the President of Turkey and a leader of the AK Party. We listened to stories of governing modern states while upholding Muslim traditions and values, as told by two masterminds from two powerful nations”.

This raises a fundamental question: why is the Chief Prosecutor of a tribunal currently prosecuting former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her senior party leaders, and dozens of military and police officials on charges of “crimes against humanity”, meeting with key figures of Islamist regimes – including those closely aligned with Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is widely accused of human........

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