Preparation complete for war crime trial: Ashraful

Awami League General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday said the preparation for war crimes trial was complete and the trial would begin early in 2010.

At a victory-day rally at the central Shahid Minar, Ashraful said the countrymen entrusted Awami League with the mandate to try war criminals and the government completed its preparation for the trial.

The rally was part of the Awami League’s month-long programme to celebrate the country’s independence.

The minister said the democracy of the country would be strengthened and the politics of killing would end forever if the war criminals brought into justice.

He said some people were still plotting to turn Bangladesh into a part of Pakistan by bringing nationalism ahead of the spirit of the liberation war.

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