All the Prime Minister's Men

All the Prime Minister's Men is a 2021 English language investigative documentary on Bangladesh published by the Qatar-based international media Al Jazeera, alleging corruption against powerful people of the authority of Bangladesh. The documentary focuses on the past and present activities of the Bangladesh Army Chief Aziz Ahmed's family members and alleges various forms of corruption. The name of the documentary has been taken from the name of the 1974's All the President's Men, a book based on investigative journalism that revealed the Watergate scandal of America's President Richard Nixon in 1972.[2]

All The Prime Minister's Men
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Created byAl Jazeera Investigates
Narrated byDavid Bergman, Tasneem Khalil, Sami (Pseudonym, real name: Zulkarnayn Sayer Khan[1])
Original languageEnglish
No. of series8th
No. of episodes3rd
Production
Production locationsBangladesh, Malaysia and Hungary
Running time60 minutes (en), 64 minutes (bn)
Production companyAl Jazeera Media Network
DistributorAl Jazeera
Release
Original networkAl Jazeera English
Original releaseFebruary 1, 2021 (2021-02-01)

Description
Aziz Ahmed

This Documentary broadcast about 64 minutes long English is basically about Bangladesh Army current Chief-of-Staff Aziz Ahmed and his three brothers' Activities. Aziz's three brothers were convicted in 2004 of a murder. Among the brothers, Anis Ahmed and Haris Ahmed are currently on the run. A third brother, Tofail Ahmed Joseph, was released from prison with a presidential pardon.

Although the two brothers are on the run, the documentary shows marrying Aziz Ahmed's son in Bangladesh. Here Anis Ahmed is shown in Malaysia Kuala Lumpur and Haris Ahmed in Hungary's capital Budapest.

Harris Ahmed's business activities in Budapest were investigated through secret recordings. He changed his name to Hasan Mohammad and set up several businesses in different countries. In a conversation with a Bangladeshi businessman in Budapest, he is seen talking about supplying bullets to the Bangladesh Army. He also mentioned that up to Tk 5 crore was taken to get the job of Police with the connivance of the top people of the government.

According to the report, Aziz directly helped Sheikh Hasina in the 2014's and 2018's elections by the agreement of a secret mutual contract.

In a trapped secret interview by Al Jazeera, Haris said that, the chief of police Benazir Ahmed do everything according to their command.

The documents also showed that security forces imported Internet and mobile phone surveillance technology from Israel. However, Haris Ahmed was not contacted for comment.[3][4]

In other video recordings, Azis's brother Haris boasts of profits he made from military contracts using his brother's power as army chief to extract bribes. The documentary also provided photographic evidence that in March 2019, Haris and Anis visited Dhaka for the wedding of Aziz's son, where the two fugitives partied alongside Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid and foreign dignitaries during an opulent ceremony.

Response of Bangladesh Government

The Al Jazeera documentary has been sharply criticized as false, defamatory and politically motivated by the Bangladesh government's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Army Headquarters. .[5]

In a statement, the foreign ministry said,

"The Bangladesh government is rejecting this reckless 'propaganda' of some extremists and their associates who are doing this from London and other places." It is disappointing that Al Jazeera is being used as a tool to implement a nefarious political plan aimed at ousting a secular democratic government where the government's role in Bangladesh's remarkable socio-economic development has been proven. "

— [6]

In a statement, the army headquarter of Bangladesh said,

"These selfish individuals with dishonest and corrupt character are already engaged in anti-Bangladesh activities by establishing links among themselves." It is not undesirable or incomprehensible for these individuals to deviate from mainstream journalism and engage in evil thinking with an international news outlet like Al Jazeera. This report has been prepared by cleverly editing and attaching audio clips and photographs of various official, social and personal activities of the country's top military officials. ”

— [7]

See also

References
  1. "আল জাজিরার প্রতিবেদন ভ্রান্ত ও ভিত্তিহীন: আইএসপিআর". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. "Saw all, heard all; what will we do?". The Daily Star. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. "ALL THE PRIME MINISTER'S MEN". Al Jazeera Media Network. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  4. "আল জাজিরার প্রতিবেদনে কী আছে, কী বলছে বাংলাদেশ?". BBC News বাংলা (in Bengali). 2 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  5. "আল-জাজিরার প্রতিবেদনটি মিথ্যা, মানহানিকর ও রাজনৈতিক উদ্দেশ্যপ্রণোদিত: বাংলাদেশ সরকার". The Daily Star Bangla (in Bengali). 2 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  6. "আল জাজিরার প্রতিবেদন 'অপপ্রচার': পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়". m.bdnews24.com. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  7. "আল জাজিরার প্রতিবেদনের প্রতিবাদ সেনা সদরের". m.bdnews24.com. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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