Staff Reporter :The government would not hesitate to execute death sentence of war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman despite a call by United Nations human rights experts to halt the execution, the law minister has said.”The highest court of the country has sentenced Muhammad Kamaruzzaman to death for his war crimes, maintaining all legal procedures. We are a sovereign nation, and therefore, the government will do what is needful to implement its verdict,” Anisul Huq told this in an interview with a local leading English daily.Anisul said Kamaruzzaman will be given seven days for seeking presidential mercy since hearing the verdict, as per relevant rules.”If he does not seek presidential clemency by that time, the government will take necessary steps for his execution,” the minister said adding the execution can be done on the short verdict of a court. The law minister expressed hope about getting the short verdict from the SC on Jamaat-e-Islami leader Kamaruzzaman very soon. Anisul said he would send the statement of the UN human rights experts to the foreign ministry to find out its authenticity and then will take a decision about it.
