Ex-Bangladeshi PM gets five years jail

Updated February 8 2018 - 9:53pm, first published 9:51pm
Police have tear gassed protesters ahead of a graft verdict due for a former Bangladeshi PM.
Police have tear gassed protesters ahead of a graft verdict due for a former Bangladeshi PM.

Former Bangladesh prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia has been jailed for five years for corruption as thousands of supporters took to the streets of the capital to protest her innocence.

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