UNB, Dhaka :
The Malaysian government has confirmed the arrest of former Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Malaysia M Khairuzzaman for an “offence he committed”.
Malaysian Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin on Thursday said he was aware of the arrest.
“The arrest was made according to procedures,” The Star, a Malaysian English daily, quoted him as saying on Thursday.
Khairuzzaman, a retired army major, was accused of participating in the 1975 Jail Killing case and was later acquitted before being appointed as Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to Malaysia in 2007 during the caretaker government.
After the Awami League-led government came to power in 2009, he was recalled to Dhaka.
But Khairuzzaman did not return and obtained the UN Refugee Card in Kuala Lumpur and continued to stay there, according to The Star.
On the grounds of the arrest, the minister said it was due to “an offence committed and a request by his home country,” he said.
Khairuzzaman has been living in Malaysia for more than a decade.
Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur did not want to comment when asked whether the former envoy will be deported to Bangladesh.
