Tulip Siddiq MP given jail sentence in Bangladesh after trial in her absence

Tulip Siddiq, a Labour MP in the UK, has been sentenced to two years in prison by a court in Bangladesh for alleged corruption related to land allotment, following a trial conducted in her absence. She denies the charges, which involve claims of undue influence over her aunt, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Siddiq, who resigned from her government position earlier this year to avoid distractions from the case, is unlikely to serve the sentence due to her residence in London.