Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in jail for corruption in Bangladesh.
Ms Siddiq was accused of obtaining plots of land from her aunt, the country’s former prime minister, in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone, through "abuse of power and influence". She was being tried in absentia.
Her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, was ousted last year and has since been sentenced to death, although she fled to India before she could be arrested.
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