Govt will make all efforts to bring back laundered money: PM

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today told the Jaitya Sangsad (JS) that the government will take all sorts of steps to bring the laundered money back to country.

"The siphoned funds are the money of the people. As we are the elected government by the people, we have responsibility towards the country and its people. So, it''s major responsibility of this government to bring the laundered money back and spend this for the welfare of the country and its people," he said.

The premier said this while replying to a supplementary question from treasury bench lawmaker from Cumilla-9 constituency Md Abul Kalam in the House with Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikram, in the chair.

Responding to another supplementary question from opposition lawmaker from Rajshahi-1 constituency Md Mujibur Rahman on preparing the list of the money launderers, the Prime Minister said the respective department is preparing the list of the accused people.

Criticising the arbitrariness of the previous government, Tarique Rahman, also ruling BNP chairman, said, "The current government is an elected government. In the past, we saw that different people of the previous government acted according to their will ignoring morality and values".

"The current government is respectful to the laws and legal structures of the country. We want to follow the law and try the accused according to the law so that no one is deprive from the justice," he said.

The Prime Minister said the law will follow its own course and the government will take measures according to the existing laws.

"The punishment of the money launderers and the fraudsters will be determined as per the law," the premier noted.