Kaiser’s lawyers to appeal against war crimes verdict

Lawyers of former state minister Syed Mohammed Kaiser will appeal against his death penalty.

“We will file an appeal against the verdict since there’s an option. We hope to get justice in the Supreme Court,” defence counsel SM Shahjahan told reporters.

The International Crime Tribunal-2 has ordered death for Kaiser after finding him guilty of crimes like murder, massacre and rape in 14 of the 16 charges against him.

“A lawyer cannot react on a verdict. The tribunal gave this verdict in its wisdom,” said the defence counsel.

A Muslim League leader in 1971, Kaiser has been given the death penalty in seven charges, imprisonment until death in three, life in prison in one and 5 to 10 years in prison in another three.

Two of the charges against him were not proven.

Kaiser to die for war crimes

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