BANGLADESH

Former army chief Moeen U Ahmed will issue a written statement since some statements in his previous video conference 'were not recorded'.

Rashed Khan Mennon, chief of the parliamentary sub-committee investigating tortures of students and teachers in and outside custody at Dhaka University in August 2007, told bdnews24.com on Saturday some statements were not recorded due to technical problems.

"We therefore asked him for a written statement which he said he would send in soon," Menon said.

Moeen, now in the United States, did not, however, specify when he would send the statement, Menon said.

In a tele-conference with a parliamentary sub-committee, Moeen had said that the incidents were 'unfortunate' and 'unwanted'.

"He claimed that an unfortunate incident had occurred at that time and the decision taken by the caretaker government advisors to handle the aftermath had just been implemented. He had no role in the decision-making," Menon had told the press.

Former caretaker government chief Fakhruddin Ahmed, who has also been asked by the committee for statement, is yet to respond to the call. Menon hoped he, too, would submit a statement in self-defence.

The sub-committee has its report due in parliament's next session.