Justice Md Jahangir Hossain Selim at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday said the news reports on him published recently in the Bangla daily Amar Desh were totally false.

“I had been honest in my life. I have been honest, and I will remain honest for the rest of my life,” he said.

The newspaper published a report on Justice Jahangir based on some remarks made during Skype conversation between former Tribunal ! chairman lustice Md Nizamul Huq and an expatriate Bangladeshi legal expert.

On Monday, the prosecu ■ tion pleaded the tribunal to take legal action against the Bangla daily for the reports saying these were published to hamper the trial proceed -ing against the war crimes accused.

Yesterday was fixed for passing order on the reports published in the daily on December 9 and 10. But the tribunal deferred the date for passing the order till tomorrow.

Justice Jahangir yesterday led the tribunal with another member Justice Anwarul Huq. Justice Md Nizamul Huq, who was the chairman of the tribunal until yesterday. was not present due to illness.

The tribunal yesterday said it had some queries regarding the matter (.Amar Desh news reports) but the

prosecutor Syed Haidar Ali. who placed the petition, was not present in the courtroom.

Justice Jahangir then said his name also came up in those reports. ‘After going through the reports, it appears that no one knows me well', he said, adding that before publishing such report a person should be known well.

“I often get hurt mentally and worried by the cent percent lies of critics. But I am not disheartened", said Justice Jahangir, who was appointed as a member of the three-member tribunal on August 29 following the resignation of a tribunal judge.

Quoting the report of the newspaper, lustice Jahangir said he (editor of the daily) may not give such large headline after his name.

Putting the critics to shame, he further said. "My name is Jahangir Hossain. According to the certificate, my name is Jahangir Hossain... Nothing else.’