We did not commit the crime: Dr Yunus

Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus has said that we did not commit the crime for that we have got punishment.

Dr Yunus made the reaction while talking to journalists after a Dhaka court sentenced the Nobel Laureate and three other top officials of Grameen Telecom to six months’ imprisonment in a labour law violation case.

“We are being punished for a crime we did not commit. It was my fate, the nation's fate. We have accepted this verdict, but will appeal against this verdict and continue fighting against this sentence,” he said.

Judge Sheikh Merina Sultana of Dhaka’s 3rd Labour Court handed down the verdict on Monday (January 1).

The court also fined the convicts Tk 5,000 each under a section in the case, in default, they will have to serve ten more days in jail.

In another section of the case, the convicts were fined Tk 25,000 each, in default, they will have to serve 15 more days in jail.

Three other convicts are managing director (MD) of Grameen Telecom Ashraful Hasan and directors Nurjahan Begum and Mohammad Shahjahan.