High Court moved to scrap Tabith's candidacy

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Published : 17:24, Jan 26, 2020 | Updated : 17:50, Jan 26, 2020

BNP mayor aspirant for Dhaka North City Corporation Tabith Awa during an exclusive interview with Bangla Tribune. PHOTO/Nashirul IslamA writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking an order to scrap the candidacy of Tabith Awal, who is vying for the office of Dhaka North mayor with the BNP's ticket.
Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury told Bangla Tribune that he moved the court on Sunday (Jan 26) arguing that Tabith has concealed wealth information.
It comes two days after the former Appellate Division judge filed a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) over the same ground.
According to media reports, Tabith did not disclose in his affidavit that he is one of the owners of a company in Singapore.
“The firm is worth $2 million which is a huge sum of money for any country in the world. But Tabith did not mention it in his affidavit. His nomination must be cancelled,” Justice Choudhury told the media on Thursday (Jan 23) after filing the complaint with EC.

Tabith is one of the three owner-directors of NFM Energy (Singapore) PTE LTD while the two other owners are his brothers Tafsir Awal and Tajwar Awal, according to reports published earlier this month.
The company holds significant stakes in Bangladesh Petrochemical Company Limited (BPCL), of which Tajwar is a director as a representative of NFM Energy, says media reports.
BPCL is not included in the list of 37 companies that Tabith disclosed to the EC as his business interests.
Tabith is the son of BNP leader Abdul Awal Mintoo. The family had been named in the Paradise Papers, leaked documents that showed how the wealthy families secretly invested in offshore tax havens.
He had declined to comment on the matter during a recent interview with a Dhaka-based online newspaper.

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