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Published : 23 Dec 2014, 04:48 PM
“We are satisfied with the trial process. It is on course,” the minister told reporters after the verdict on Tuesday.
The former state minister Syed Kaiser had been charged with crimes like murder, massacre and rape. The International Crimes Tribunal-2 found him guilty of crimes against humanity and ordered his hanging.
The special court, headed by Justice Obaidul Hassan, found the 74-year old leader guilty in 14 of the 16 charges.
An amended bill for trials of parties involved 1971 war crimes will be tabled in a cabinet meeting in January. The next steps would follow the bill’s approval, the law minister said.
The High Court had declared Jamaat-e-Islami's registration as a political party illegal on Aug 1 last year. The party’s alleged involvement in war crimes is being investigated.
Jamaat’s purported war crimes involvement had been mentioned in verdicts pronounced by the tribunal. The anti-liberation party was called a ‘criminal organisation’ in the verdict on its former chief Ghulam Azam.
The government can ban the Jamaat anytime it wants but it wants to do it in a legal way, Anisul Huq said.
“As a people’s representative, I expect that you, wherever you are, will point out the obstacles in executing the verdict and help us to implement it.”
He sought everyone’s cooperation in executing the war crimes verdicts pronounced so far.
Since the war crimes trials began two years ago, 14 verdicts have been pronounced so far but only Abdul Quader Molla has been hanged after the final settlement of his case.
