By©Muhammad Haque
1425 Hrs GMT London Tuesday 17 July 2007
The ‘action’ to ‘get the people their money back’ – the UK Bangladeshi community is showing positive signs of actions to restore the stolen [or ‘vanished’] money to the people [almost all Bangladeshis in the UK] who paid their money on trust and on contract to the ‘money transfer’ outfit ‘First Solution’ that operated from the HQ as based at the ‘London Muslim Centre’ in Whitechapel Road, London E1.
The money was paid for efficient, reliable and competent transfer to addresses and accounts in Bangladesh.
I understand today [as at 1400 Hrs GMT Tuesday 17 July 2007] that at least three different moves [whether these are inter-connected or not is not yet known] are afoot to get the cash back to the people who lost their money as confirmed in the past two weeks.
The confirmation came in the fact and via the fact of the outfit, ‘First Solution’ going into voluntary liquidation.
Voluntary liquidation is a device available under the current UK company law that is in place to protect the interests of individuals with controlling stakes in share-holding operations.
This device cannot have been invoked to help the people whose money has been stolen or misappropriated. The liquidation procedure is in this context a seriously injurious diversion and it must not be allowed to be cited as a relief to those whose money ahs been stolen or ‘misappropriated'.
I have already convened a series of meetings and have initiated relevant activities in London and have set in motion a number of legal communications with the current administration in Bangladesh to get the Bangladesh state authorities to do their best to make the restoration of the money a reality without delay.
I have been informed today [TUESDAY 17 JULY 2007] by a number of widely known individuals within the UK Bangladeshi community that the people who have lost their money will be paid their money back in full in a very short time.
My response has been that I shall believe it when I see the actual restoration of the money back to the people. If the money is restored to the people in full and the people say they are actually in receipt of the money they had lost then we shall review our position.
Until that happens, the campaign to get the people their money back goes on and is in full swing.
The next meeting of the ACTION COMMITTEE TO GET THE PEOPLE THER MONEY BACK, and to give practical legal action and administrative help on making effective and timely representations and claims, to those who have lost their money is due to be held at 6 PM on Thursday 19 July 2007 at the BDC [Business Development Centre] at 7 – 15 Greatorex Street London E1 5NF.
[For updates and historic context of the ‘First Solution’ scandal, visit the AADHIKAROnline web sites and pages after 2100 Hrs GMT on Tuesday 17 July 2007]
