Staff Reporter : The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs on Sunday cancelled freedom fighter’s (FF’s) certificates of five senior government officials following a recommendation by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). It cancelled FF’s certificates of Health Secretary Niaz Uddin Bhuiyan, former Liberation War Affairs Secretary KH Masud Siddiqui (OSD), PSC Secretary AKM Amir Hossain, former Secretary to PMO Molla Waheeduzzaman (now chairman of the Privatization Commission) and joint secretary of Liberation War Affairs Abul Quasem Talukdar (OSD). Earlier, the ACC recommended the concerned ministry for cancellation of FF’s certificate of those government officials as it did not find any evidence of their participation in the 1971 Liberation War. In January 2014, the ACC launched probe against six top officials of the government who took freedom fighter’s (FF’s) certificates prior to their retirement. ACC deputy director Zulfiker Ali submitted the probe report to the Commission eight months after the probe was launched. The ACC probe found that Housing and Public Works secretary Dr Khondakar Showkat Hossain was a real freedom fighter. The Commission also asked the authorities concerned to take departmental action against them.
