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Number of Witnesses Nizami's plea for review rejected

Staff Correspondent
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday rejected a petition of Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami's defence to review the number of their witnesses and fixed October 20 for their testimony.
Four defence witnesses have been set to testify for the war crimes accused. The
FROM PAGE 16 tribunal directed the defence to remain prepared to produce their witnesses one after another without failure.
The tribunal rejected the defence's another petition for recalling 11th prosecution witness Shamsul Haque alias Nannu.
The defence claimed the witness was forced to give his testimony, referring to a controversial video titled "War crimes trial exposed" posted on different websites.
The witness needed to be cross-examined again, appealed chief defence counsel Abdur Razzaq.
Somebody has shared the video clip on YouTube in which an unknown person is identified as Nannu, who claims he was forced to give the testimony.
The person does not have a moustache, but the real witness has a moustache.
The three-member tribunal led by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir said the petition was regarding a controversial issue and the person had given his deposition three months ago.
The tribunal said it did not want to create controversy by recalling the witness.
The prosecution also filed a petition to include additional documents, while the defence prayed to the tribunal to have an opportunity to cross-examine the investigation officer of the case.
The defence on Monday completed cross-examining the investigation officer.
The tribunal allowed both the prayers and after deposition of the investigation officer on the additional documents, the defence cross-examined him.
The prosecution pro-
duced their first witness in the case on August 26,2012. Nizami has been facing 16 war crimes charges.
MOBARAK'SCASE
The investigation officer, also the 12th prosecution witness, in the war crimes case against Mobarak Hossain yesterday gave his deposition and was cross-examined by the defence.
Shyamol Chowdhury said Mobarak had been mentioned in a document on the offences committed by Razakar and Peace Committee.
Mobarak, former Jamaat-e-Islami member who later got affiliated with the Awami League, has been charged with committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 19 71.
At least 36 people were killed and two others tortured in those incidents happened between August 22 and November 29 in 1971.
The tribunal yesterday allowed the defence to cross-examine the sixth prosecution witness who was supposed to be cross-examined on July 22.
Defence counsel Ahsanul Huq Hena on July 22 failed to appear and the tribunal subsequently closed the cross-examination.
After 78 days when the last prosecution witness was set to testify, the defence prayed to the tribunal to allow them to cross-examine sixth prosecution witness Abdul Malek.
The defence argued that they were ready to bear the transportation cost.
The tribunal fixed Tk 2,000 as transportation cost and fixed October 22 for cross-examination of both Malek and the investigation officer.