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Jalil flies to S’pore for treatment

He thanks govt for release on parole

Staff Correspondent
Ailing Awami League (AL) General Secretary Abdul Jalil flew off to Singapore for treatment in the first hour of today after being released from detention on a 30-day parole last night.
A regular flight of Singapore Airlines took off from Zia International Airport at 12:16am today after a 21 minute delay from its original schedule for boarding the veteran AL leader and his wife Rehana Jalil.
Jalil, a former commerce minister, who had been undergoing treatment in LabAid Cardiac Hospital in the capital, was set free
on parole around 7:30pm yesterday and taken straight to his Gulshan residence amid tight security under the supervision of jail authorities.
"I thank the government for allowing me to go abroad for treatment." Jalil told waiting journalists immediately after he was taken out of his cabin in the hospital.
Sources said Jalil is the first detained political leader in 32 years to be allowed to go abroad for treatment on parole.
ASM Abdur Rab, the chief of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab), was the last detained political leader allowed to go abroad for treatment in 1976.
AL was persistently demanding over the last few months to allow its detained general secretary to go abroad for treatment.
The AL general secretary spent about two hours with his family in his residence last night before departing for Singapore. A four tier security detail was put in place around Jalil's Gulshan residence while no person except his immediate family was being allowed to enter the residence.
Later, Jalil accompanied by his wife, other family members, and a* few parry leaders including Tofail Ahmed. Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed, Col (retd) Faruk
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Khan, and Zahid Ahsan Russell was escorted by the jail authorities to the airport around 10:45pm amid tight security where another four tier security detail was put in place.
Deputy Inspector General of Prisons Maj Shamsul Haider Siddiqui was tn charge of the security details.
Jalil s personal physician also the chief cardiologist of LabAid Cardiac Hospital Dr Matiur Rahman, who also accompanied the AL leader to the airport, told reporters, after his patient’s plane took off. that the former minister looked tired at the airport and was having problems with his breathing
'But in a free environment after getting released he seemed confident enough and sought blessings from the people of the country.' said tnedoctor
Talking to the waiting journalists, Tofail said the government acted responsibly by allowing the AL general secretary to go abroad for treatment. 'For this I am thanking the government on behalf of Awami League." he
Abdul Jalil, a close associate of detained AL President Sheikh Hasina. has been suffering from heart and kidney problems compounded by diabetes He will be admitted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore and all expenses ofhis treatment will be borne byhis family
A number of AL leaders and some of Jalil's colleagues from Mercantile Bank are likely to follow him to Singapore within a couple of days to be by his side
On May 28 of last year, the joint forces arrested Jalil from his Mercantile Bank office in Motijhecl of the capital. He was in detention under Special Powers Act for more than six months. A case was filed against him on December 18 for concealing information in his wealth statement, but there has been liole progress in the in ves tiga -lion.
The decision to release the AL general secretary on parole was taken at a special meeting of the council of advisers to the military backed caretaker government, held at the chief adviser's office on Sunday, following a recommendation from a high-powered medical board formed for lalil’streatment.
JALIL BRIEFS JOURNOS
Around 7:30pm Jalil was brought out of his cabin in the hospital in a wheel
Talking to the waiting reporters prior to leaving the hospital, Jalil, who seemed confident, said he and his family thank the government for allowing him to go abroad for better treatment
Jalil also sought blessings from the people of the country
i once again seek blessings from all including the news media, colleagues, countrymen, party leaders and workers who prayed for me all along, so I may return after getting better." Jalil
Earlier, senior AL leaders including .Acting .AL President Zillur Rahman, Abdur Razzak. Tofail Aiuned, Suranjit Sengupta and Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed met Jalil in the hospital A few leaders of different components in AL-led 14-pany coalition also met Jalil in the hospital.
A number of AL leaders and workers also rushed to the hospital to have a quick look at their ailing leader, prior to his departure.
DOCTOR S OBSERVATION
Talking to The Daily Star immediately after Jalil was taken to the ground floor of the hospital for transporting him to his residence. Dr Matiur Rahman said the condition of Jalil's heart slightly improved, but his kidney's condition did not while the level of haemoglobin in his blood was low with fluid trapped tn his chest.
Jalil will have to be on a sugar free diet with low protein and low salt for the rest ofhis life. Dr Matiur added.
'If his kidney can be transplanted then there is a high possibility of being well for long term.’ said the doctor confidently adding, if the kidney is transplanted then the condition of his heart will also improve and the level of haemoglobin will be increased.
The doctor also said Jalil's diabetes was under control while he was leaving the cabin, but his blood pressure was fluctuating.
On Sunday, a special meeting of the cabinet constituted a five-member medical board with a view to parole the AL general secretary for treatment abroad, if recommended by the board.
After examining Jalil's health from 330pm to 5.00pm the same day, the board concluded that the detained .AL
leader needs treatment in a hospital with advanced healthcare facilities.
The day before, a medical board of LabAid Cardiac Hospital said Jail needed to have a kidney transplant or be put on dialysis immediately. It also recommended taking him abroad for proper treatment
Jalil has been ill since his arrest. Despite his critical condition over the past few days, the prisons authorities kept dismissing the call for sending him abroad for treatment. They reasoned that the jail code does not allow any prisoner to seek treatment over-
laid was first taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital on June 4 of last war after complaining of chest pain following a court order extending his detention.
In a letter signed on July 2. he pleaded with the government to release him on humanitanan grounds, and said if necessary he would quit politics.
Since his arrest, five medical boards were constituted to monitor his healtli.