The Bangladesh government has strongly condemned the alleged harassment of Professor Muhammad Yunus, former chief adviser to the country’s interim government, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
The Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the incident on its verified Facebook page on Tuesday afternoon, October 13.
According to the statement, the government believes that a group of individuals suspected of having links to the banned political organisation Bangladesh Awami League were involved in the incident involving Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate widely respected internationally.
The statement added that the Foreign Ministry had instructed Bangladesh’s mission in New York to discuss the matter with local law enforcement authorities to identify those involved and ensure appropriate legal action against them. The ministry said the individuals’ actions had damaged the image of Bangladesh and its citizens in the eyes of the international community.
