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Hasina, Rehana, children

SSF protection for life sought

Bill to be placed at JS today

Shakhawat Liton
Children of Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana will be given lifelong special security along with their mothers, says a new government bill.
Home Minister Sahara Khatun may place the bill tided 'Father of the Nation's Family Members Security Act 2009'in parliament today.
Officials at the Parliament Secretariat said the home ministry has sent them copies of the proposed law and requested necessary measures for it to be tabled.
According to the bill, the government wiH arrange for secure houses for Hasina, Rehana and their children. It may give them other privileges as well if necessary for their safety.
The previous AL government enacted a similar law in June 2001, requiring Special Security Force (SSF) to provide Hasina
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and Rehana, daughters of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, with foolproof securityround the clock.
Ganabhaban, official residence of the prime minister, was allotted to Hasina and a Dhanmondi house to her sister, causinghuge uproar.
The BNP-Jamaat alliance government however scrapped the law in December2001.
In that law, family members meant only Bangabandhu's two daughters who survived the bloodbath that killed the father of the nation and most of his family on August 15, 1975. The proposed law includes their children too.
The bill says a son and a daughter of Hasina and two daughters and a son of Rehana will be entitled to lifelong SSF security no matter where they live.
It however does not specify how the arrangements will be made if they live abroad.
Currently, Hasina's son lives in the United States and daughter in Canada, and Rehana's are settled in the UK.
The July 6 cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina okayed the proposed law.
In a statement tagged to the bill, the home minister says the legislation is needed to ensure security for the members of Bangabandhu's family as conspiracy is still on to kill them.
Hasina, also Awami League president, has seen several attempts on her life over the years.
While in opposition, she survived a grenade attack at a rally on Bangabandhu Avenue on August 21, 2004. The blasts left 23 people including AI. leader Ivy Rahman killed and scores injured.
In 2000, 80 kg explosives were found in Gopalganj where Hasina's helicopter was supposed to land.
Several people were killed in a gun attack on her rally in Chittagong in 1988.