Moosa bin Shamsher suffers from ‘death phobia’

Controversial businessman Moosa bin Shamsher has been suffering from the ‘fear of death’, said an official of his office Datco, pioneer of manpower export.
ATM Mahbub Morshed, deputy general manager of Musa’s Datco, on Tuesday submitted an application to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) office for the deferment of his interrogation.
He said, “Sir (Moosa bin Shamsher) has applied for deferment of his interrogation for 2 to 3 months as he suffers death phobia.”
He mentioned the Moosa also has been suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes for which he will be unable to attend Wednesday’s ACC interrogation.
The ACC asked Moosa Bin Shamsher to appear at the ACC office in Dhaka 11:00am on 13 January.
The businessman sent the application with medical certificate to ACC and multiple copies of the letter to the ACC chairman, two commissioners, director general of the inquiry and investigation department and director and investigation officer of the department.
Several ACC officials also confirmed this to Prothom Alo.
On 3 November 2014, the ACC launched a probe to this end following reports on his lifestyle, income and income sources run by different international media outlets.
Moosa Bin Shamsher featured in cover stories of The Sunday Telegraph Magazine (London) and many other business magazines, including Business Asia, revealing that he has accumulated wealth worth about US$ 7 billion.

Taking into account the reports published in international media about his lifestyle, income and income sources, the national anti-graft body on 3 November 2014 decided to launch the probe against Moosa.
Moosa Bin Shamsher, the chairman and CEO of DATCO Group and a pioneer of manpower export from Bangladesh, drew flak for purportedly being a prominent name in the international weapons industry during the 1970s and 1980s.
It is also alleged that Moosa Bin Shamsher has had Swiss bank accounts worth US$ 7 million frozen because of ‘irregular’ transactions.