Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- British MP Tulip Siddiq has rejected her sentence in Bangladesh on corruption charges, branding the verdict "flawed and farcical" and "as predictable as it is unjustified."

Speaking to the press, Tulip alleged that Bangladeshi authorities attempted to discredit her using "fake" identity documents, a claim she reiterated after The Telegraph reported documents purporting to show her holding a Bangladeshi passport -- an assertion she denies.

The 43-year-old Hampstead & Highgate representative, who resigned from her UK ministerial role in January amid scrutiny over her family's political ties, was sentenced in absentia to two years in prison on Monday over allegations that she manipulated her aunt, former prime minister She...