Hearing on charges against Kamaruzzaman deferred
The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday deferred till March 18 the hearing on charge framing against Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman in connection with crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of 1971.
The tribunal led by its Chairman Justice Md Nizamul Huq passed the order following an adjournment prayer moved by the defence counsels of Kamaruzzaman.
After the court began its proceedings yesterday, counsel Tajul Islam said they were not prepared for placing arguments as they could not go through all of the relevant documents and CDs [compact discs] given by the prosecution.
On February 7, the defence collected 5,248-page documents and 29 CDs containing 30-40 hours of video and news footage, he said, adding that it took them a week to make copies of those documents.
Upon hearing the prayer, the tribunal chairman passed the order noting that this was the first application from Kamaruzzaman and fixed March 18 for holding the hearing on charge framing against the Jamaat assistant secretary general.
Kamaruzzaman was produced before the court yesterday. He is facing nine charges of crimes against humanity. He is among six Jamaat leaders, including its former chief Ghulam Azam, and two BNP leaders, facing such charges at the tribunal.
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