08-18-2005, 10:41 AM
<b>Former Bangladesh army officer forced to leave US</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A former Bangladesh army officer, who admitted to having committed acts of torture in his home country, was forced by a court to leave the United States after a nine-year legal battle, US immigration authorities announced.
Los Angeles restaurant owner Sazzad Ahmed Bipu, 35, who began trying to obtain immigrant rights in the United States in 1996, <b>admitted that he had tortured voters in a Bangladesh village to support a certain electoral candidate</b>, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement on Wednesday.
In 1999, a judge ruled that Bipu had engaged in human rights abuse, making him ineligible for migration immigrate to the United States. The judge ordered him to leave the country<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Los Angeles restaurant owner Sazzad Ahmed Bipu, 35, who began trying to obtain immigrant rights in the United States in 1996, <b>admitted that he had tortured voters in a Bangladesh village to support a certain electoral candidate</b>, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement on Wednesday.
In 1999, a judge ruled that Bipu had engaged in human rights abuse, making him ineligible for migration immigrate to the United States. The judge ordered him to leave the country<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->