Dhaka, Dec. 2 -- After her sentence, UK Labour Party MP Tulip Siddiq, who is the niece of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is now under threat for political career.

Siddiq, who represents Hampstead and Highgate and is the niece of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was convicted in absentia on Monday.

Dhaka's Special Judge Court-4, presided over by Judge Md Rabiul Alam, delivered the verdict in a corruption case tied to alleged misuse of authority in the Purbachal New Town land-allocation project.

The Anti-Corruption Commission had accused Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and Rehana's daughter Tulip Siddiq of abusing state power to secure land plots.

The court sentenced Sheikh Hasina to five years, Sheikh Rehana to seven ...