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Tac chief to stay away from task

Says it's a matter for govt to deal with

Emran Hossain
Truth and Accountability Commission (Tac) Chairman Justice Habibur Rahman Khan has said the commission would now refrain from carrying out any official task as the High Court (HC) yesterday declared illegal and unconstitutional the ordinance under which the commission was formed.
The government constituted Tac to let the corrupt voluntarily confess to it their graft and seek
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mercy by depositing their ill-gotten wealth to the state exchequer.
"As I have heard the news on HC order, I will not hold hearing anymore. I will wait until a (final) judg-ment comes in this regard," Habibur Rahman said when contacted last night.
Asked about other official work of Tac, he said, "Official work will also remain suspended."
"I might go to office. As there is an office. I should go there," he said, adding that he would observe things till Sunday.
"It is now a matter for the government to deal with. It is the government which will decide what is to be done. If it appeals against the (HC) order, we will wait until the appeal is disposed of," said Habibur Rahman.
The HC order came at a time when Tac was hoping to complete hearing of the cases pending with it within the stipulated five-month period till January 2.
The much-talked-about Tac started operatingon August 3.
After assuming power on January 11 last year, the caretaker government reconstituted the AntiCorruption Commission (ACC) and formed the National Coordination Committee (NCC) in February to make its anti-corruption drive a success. The ACC and NCC were responsible for sending the list of graft-accused to Tac following application from the accused.
A total of 389 people applied for voluntary disclosure to Tac till Wednesday. Of them, 192 applied througli the ACC, 167 through the NCC, 10 through courts and 20 voluntarily.
Tac began hearing on September 1, and 259 people admitted to it possessing ill-gotten wealth worth aboutTk 27.79 crore. Of the amount, Tk 14.46 crore was deposited to the state exchequer asofWednesday.
Among politicians, only former BNP state minister Maj (retd) Kamrul Islam applied for voluntary disclosure of information about ill-gotten wealth. The applicants included more than 25 small traders and over 270 government officials.