9,370 expatriate Bangladeshis detained in 26 countries 

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has told that Parliament a total of 9,370 expatriate Bangladeshis, including workers, are in prisons of 26 countries across the world.

The foreign minister said this in reply to a question from an independent MP elected from Sylhet-5 Mohammad Huchamuddin Chowdhury on Monday.

Some 5,746 Bangladeshis are detained in prisons in Saudi Arabia while the second highest number of Bangladeshis, 508, are detained in Turkey, he said.

The other 24 countries are: Portugal (1), Algeria (1), Japan (2), Sri Lanka (3), Thailand (4), Korea (6), Egypt (6), China (Kunming 7), Libia (9), Italy (81), South Africa (385), Qatar (415), Spain (19), Hong Kong (122), Singapore (66), Brunei (16), China (Beijing 184), Abu Dhabi (404), Indonesia (49), Malaysia (219), Lebanon (28), Greece (414), Iraq (217), Myanmar (358) and Jordan (100),