Bangladeshi officials testify against former British minister Siddiq in corruption trial
Siddiq, who is Hasina's niece, resigned from her post in Prime Minister Keir Starmer 's government in January following reports that she lived in London properties linked to her aunt and was named in an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh.
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