DHAKA, March 17: Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday charged the youngest son of ex-premier Khaleda Zia with laundering more than $2.7 million through bank accounts in Singapore, police said.

“The ACC has filed a case of money laundering against Arafat Rahman Koko.

He is charged with laundering 2.8 million Singaporean dollars ($1.8 million) and $932,000 in different accounts in Singapore,” police official Salahuddin Akaze told AFP.

In December, Singaporean authorities froze assets worth $1.6 million associated with a company Koko established in 2004 after the Bangladeshi government asked them to launch an investigation.

More money linked with Koko, 36, has been found since then, Akaze said.—AFP
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