newsbangladesh.com :A Narayanganj court on Tuesday issued arrest warrant against the Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam in a defamation suit filed against him.With this case, a total of 11 fefamation suits and a sedition case were filed against him in 11 districts on Tuesday alone. Two of the defamation suits were filed in Barisal, while the other suits were filed in Pabna, Narayanganj, Satkhira, Kishoreganj, Manikganj, Narsingdi, lalmonirhat, Sherpur, Jhalakathi and Bagerhat.Mahfuz Anam admitted this month the stories, published in 2007, had been based on leaks from the military-backed caretaker government that ruled Bangladesh until Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took office in 2009. He said he had been wrong to publish them.The admission sparked an outcry from government supporters. Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed called for Mahfuz Anam to be tried for treason over the reports, which were also carried by other newspapers in the country.On Monday the Star said Anam was facing a series of lawsuits from pro-government groups for defamation, a criminal offence that carries a penalty of up to two years in jail.
