Sayedee's Trial
Last witness turns in war crimes reports
The last prosecution witness in Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee's case yesterday gave the International Crimes Tribunal-1 several copies of newspaper reports on Sayedee's alleged crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.
The tribunal, the first of two formed to deal with crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War, would resume recording, for the fifth consecutive day, the testimony of witness Helal Uddin this morning.
Helal Uddin, also the investigation officer probing the charges against Sayedee, presented old newspapers copies and some other documents related to the case before the tribunal yesterday.
He presented 84 copies of Bangla daily Janakantha, which were part of a series titled “Sei Rajakar” (That Collaborator) published between January and March, 2001. He also provided 40 copies of another daily Bhorer Kagoj. Those were part of a series of reports “Rajakarer Ekattarnama” published between October, 2007 and January, 2008.
Helal also presented some photocopies and original copies of daily Purbadesh, The Dawn, daily Ittefaq, Daily Pakistan, daily Azad, daily Sangram published in 1971 and 1972. He collected the newspapers from the Press Institute of Bangladesh and Bangla Academy.
He also placed before the court photocopies of nomination papers and other election related papers of Sayedee which the accused had submitted to Pirojpur district Election Commission Office ahead of the parliamentary election of 2008.
According to the affidavit paper, the nayeb-e-ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami was a writer by profession and he passed the Alim examination. As per his Dakhil certificate, his date of birth is February 1, 1940 and he passed Dakhil examination from Sarchina Darus Sunnat Alia Madrasa in Pirojpur.
A day after walking out of the court, Sayedee's lawyers yesterday attended the tribunal proceedings headed by its Chairman Justice Nizamul Huq.
They walked out of the tribunal on Tuesday protesting its decision to receive as evidence five volumes of foreign newspaper reports on the Liberation War.
Sayedee is among six Jamaat leaders and two BNP leaders facing charges of crimes against humanity at the tribunal.
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