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17 govt staff start taking truth forms

Staff Correspondent
The Truth and Accountability Commission (Tac) yesterday began distribution of forms required for voluntary disclosures about corruption among the 17 government officials, who applied through the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to confess their crime.
Sources in The confirms that the commission at a meeting yesterday decided to begin distributing the forms asking the officials to submit die filled up forms in seven days.
The sources say the government officials have begun taking four-page (both-side) forms, divided under four sections, from the commission.
Officials of Tac, however, denied giving any further information about how many government officials have taken the forms. The four-page (both-side) form is divided into four parts. The parts are titled as "movable property”, "immovable property", "others" (bene-fit/profit/opportunities taken) and "declaration" (satyapath).
The parts for movable and immovable property are of two pages each and require information in a table divided under six categories including price or amount of the property, name of the owner (wife/son/daughter), location of the property, place of corruption, and way or means of amassing weed th.
The "other" section contains a table asking information under five categories regarding definition of the benefit/profit/opportunities taken or gained, and way of taking or gaining the benefit/profit/opportunities.
The "other" section is followed by a page asking information if there is any ongoing investigation or case or legal procedure against the person seeking absolution.
The last part - "declaration" (satyapath) - contains a declaration of the absolution seeker reading as that the information given in the form is true and the absolution seeker has not concealed any information known to their consciousness.
The declaration also adds that the absolution seeker will be responsible if any false information is given or any information is concealed. The form is eligible only for people facing Tac through ACC or National Board of Revenue (NBR).
The sources say lawyers of different politicians and businesspersons. are visiting the commission office and may apply for voluntary disclosurein a few days.
The ACC sent tlie list of 17 corruption suspects and their wives to Tac on August 14 following their applications to make voluntary disclosure.
The government officials are from Bangladesh Inland Water TYansport Authority, Roads & Highways Department, including a chief engineer, an official from Sylhet City Corporation and a forest official of the rankofdivisional forest officer.
Names of the absolution seekers could not be made public to encourage corruption suspects to disclose information voluntarily.
Officials say they expect that more corruption suspects will start showing up in a couple of days. They hope the third week of this month will be peak time for filing such applications before the September 1 deadline.
Meanwhile, Tac in an emergency written statement yesterday said besides existing judicial system, the commission is formulated as an alternative to dispose of certain corruption cases immediately.
The statement says any person being self-inspired could apply to the commission by September 1 for seeking empathy by making disclosure regarding their corruption or wealth they have amassed by illegal means or through corruption.
The people under ACC or NCC investigation could apply to the commission through the concerned government agencies or people facing trial can apply to the commission through court before charge is framed against him or her. the statement reads.
The empathy seekers can apply to the commission by 5:00pm September 1, the statementadds.