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War Crimes of Mueen, Ashraf

Verdict on Sunday

Staff Correspondent
On Sunday, a tribunal will deliver the verdict in the war crimes case against Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan accused of killing intellectuals and professionals in the last week of the Liberation War.
Mueen and Ashraf, who were among the most wanted after the war, were jointly tried in absentia. They are now living in London and New York, respectively.
They have 11 charges against them for abducting and killing nine Dhaka University teachers, six eminent journalists and three physicians.
Thirty days after completing the case proceedings, the three-member International Crimes Tribunal-2, led by Justice Obaidul Hassan with members Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Md Shahinur
Islam, yesterday announced the verdict date.
If convicted, Mueen and Ashraf might have to walk the gallows.
In their closing arguments, the prosecution said the duo "deserved” the capital punishment for the crimes "they had FROM PAGE 1 committed" in 1971 while the tribunal-appointed defence counsels sought acquittal of their clients claiming that the prosecution "failed to prove the charges".
The charges against the two are related to the abduction and killing of 18 intellectuals and professionals. The victims were: Dhaka University teachers Prof Mofazzal Haider Choudhury, Prof Munier Chowdhury, Prof Giasuddin Ahmed, Prof Sirajul Haque Khan, Dr Abul Khayer, Dr Faizul Mohiuddin, Prof Rashidul Hasan, Prof Anwar Pasha, Prof Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya, journalists Serajuddin Hossain, Syed Najmul Haque, ANM Colam Mostafa, Nizam Uddin Ahmed, Selina
Pervin, Shahidullah Kaiser, and physicians Fazle Rabbee, Alim Chaudhury and Mohammad Martuza.
The investigation agency, designated to probe the war crimes, started its enquiry into the alleged crimes of the duo on September 25, 2011. The agency submitted its report to the prosecution on October 9,2012.
On April 25 this year, the prosecution pressed 16 charges of war crimes against the accused.
The tribunal on May 27 decided to hold the trial in absentia and appointed two defence counsels for them. On June 25, the court framed 11 charges against them.
The prosecution produced 25 witnesses, including two investigation officers in the case,
while the defence could not produce any as they "didn't get cooperation from the family members and relatives of the accused ".
The prosecution and the defence placed their closing arguments between September 23 and September 30.
This is the second war crimes case in which the trial had been conducted in absentia, as the tribunal's attempts to have the accused in the courtroom failed.
The first war crimes case conducted in absentia was against expelled Jamaat-e-Islami member Abul Kalam Azad. He was awarded the capital punishment.
The two tribunals dealing with the war crimes cases have so far delivered eight verdicts.NIZAMI'S TRIAL AT FINAL STAGE PAGE -- 20