[MSN] Latest information from Paris is extremely alarming for Bangladesh. Controversial Guimet Museum has finally decided to sell the whole lot of artifacts sent from Bangladesh for exhibition.

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Bangladeshi artifacts on sale

Sohail Choudhury

Latest information from Paris is extremely alarming for Bangladesh.
Controversial Guimet Museum has finally decided to sell the whole lot of
artifacts sent from Bangladesh for exhibition. According to various sources,
Guimet authorities have already finalized at least three deals of selling
extremely precious and rarest Bangladeshi artifacts to prospective buyers.
Initial value of these three items have already been fixed at US$ 93
million. Guimet has also expelled the representatives from Bangladesh museum
and abandoned any possibility of sending the artifacts back to Dhaka. It is
also reported that, a number of extremely influential advisors of the
present government are involved behind such trafficking of national assets
abroad defying massive reactions and protests from Bangladeshis. It was
already reported in Weekly Blitz that son of one of the advisor will be
visiting Paris during this month to receive the stake of commission for
smuggling of 42 pieces of extremely precious artifacts. Although the interim
government repeatedly promised to the nation that the artifacts will return
to Dhaka soon, it is already understood that, such promises made by the
government will soon turn into false.

Weekly Blitz has been conducting a comprehensive investigation into the
matter to identify the reason behind such massive corruption and
irregularities during the interim government, which is continuing efforts
to, what it said, eliminating corruption. But, the saddest incident in the
history of Bangladesh, where not only some of the influential members of the
government cashed huge amount of money by smuggling out national properties,
but, this is the first time that Bangladeshi wealth had been handed over to
foreign looters defying protests and reactions from the people of the
country.

It is learnt from a number of sources that several members of the advisory
council of the interim government are involved with this heinous crime. Most
of the advisors involved in this smuggling are already ousted from the
government. It is now learnt that, at least one of the advisors, who
resigned recently may leave Bangladesh for Paris to get his stake of share
in this deal. It is also learnt that, son of another ousted advisor shall
visit France during this month to get his father's portion of share from the
sale of invaluable Bangladeshi artifacts.

Meanwhile, Anti Corruption Commission is set to lodge a case against at
least four of the ousted advisors, charging them for their involvement in
smuggling of invaluable Bangladeshi artifacts. In this case, these advisors
may be arrested and sent to prison, making a great example in Bangladesh by
the present interim government that no one is above law.

Posted on 10 Jan 2008 by Root

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