Staff Reporter|:
Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday assured that his ministry would provide all out cooperation to the United Nations (UN) fact-finding team for investigation into the crimes and acts against humanity in the last two months from June 5 to August 5.
“We will cooperate completely the UN fact-finding team to probe into the matters in an independent, full, fair and neutral manner,” he said.
The home adviser made the remarks while briefing the reporters after coming out from a meeting with a three-member delegation of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) led by chief of its Asia-Pacific region Rory Mungoven held at the ministry.
He said a record number of members of the military and others law enforcement agencies have been de-ployed in the UN peacekeeping missions, calling upon the UN delegation to extend required cooperation as Bangladesh can maintain number one position in the mission in terms of number.
The adviser said the UN delegation has highly praised the performance of the Bangladeshi peacekeepers in its mission abroad and pledged to cooperate Bangladesh to its endeavor.
Rory Mungoven called upon the law enforcement agencies under the home ministry to preserve the real data and facts regarding the criminals and acts against human rights committed during the anti-discrimination student movement and to help the UN fact finding team to provide those when they ask for.
OHCHR’s Asia-Pacific region human rights officials, Livia Cosenza and Alexander James Amir El Jun-di, were in the delegation.
Earlier, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen met with Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, also agricul-ture adviser to the caretaker government at his Secretariat office here.
The Chinese envoy has sought help from the government to ensure security to 9000 Chinese citizens working in Bangladesh, Jahangir said, adding that he assured him of providing necessary assistance to this end.
Jahangir also called for cooperation from the Chinese government to address the plight of the flood af-fected people in Bangladesh.
