Adviser Sufia Rahman lied about nationality: Paper

Dhaka, Nov 30 (bdnews24.com) - Adviser Sufia Rahman allegedly lied when she said she had never been a British citizen, a Bangla-language newspaper reported Thursday.

The newspaper, Sangbad, says the president's personal physician holds dual nationalities and so Bangladesh's constitution disqualifies her to hold the interim cabinet position.

"President Prof Dr Iajuddin Ahmed has violated the constitution by appointing a foreign national as an adviser to caretaker government," Sangbad says in an article that led the day's edition.

"That Dr Sufia Rahman is a British citizen is proved by undeniable evidence," the paper says, producing an embarkation card claimed to be hers.

The card that identifies the adviser as a British citizen (passport number 761042783) is dated September 19 2006. The passport is to expire on March 16 2014.

The signature on the card resembles the one she had in documents of a company in which she holds stakes.

She was bound for Japan on September 19, just 41 days before she took oath as a cabinet member, by a Singapore Airlines flight (SQ435).

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