Bangladesh's Chief Justice to face graft investigation

Dhaka: Bangladesh's first Hindu Chief Justice S K Sinha will face probe for "grave" graft charges and moral lapses, the Law Minister said on Sunday, a day after he was accused of money laundering following his departure to Australia. Minister Anisul Huq said the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will investigate "almost all of the allegations" levelled against Sinha by the country's president Abdul Hamid. "Nobody is above the law," Huq said after the apex court issued the statement, sparking a media uproar. He, however, said "it is the prerogative of the President to take actions if the charges are proved". The government's row with the judiciary sparked in July this year when the apex court delivered a verdict declaring void 16th constitutional amendment, scrapping parliament's authority over impeaching Supreme Court judges.