Basic provisions of laws violated in Prof Yunus' trial: Lawyer
Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- Barrister Abdullah Al Mamun, lawyer of Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, claimed that fundamental provisions of law were violated during the trail of Prof Yunus in the labour court.
Prof Yunus, also the chairman of Grameen Telecom, and three other top officials of the organization were sentenced to six months imprisonment in a case filed against them on charge of violating the labour law. Each of them has also been fined Tk 30,000.
Prof Yunus, also an Advisor to the UN Secretary General, and his colleagues were given the highest punishment determined by the Labour Act of Bangladesh.
Barrister Mamun said, "In the cases filed in the courts, if the complainant is absent even for a day, the accused will be acquitted....
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