Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Plans December Return to Surrender

Dhaka. Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, who is living in exile in India, has announced plans to return home in December and surrender to the court. Hasina, who has been sentenced to death, said she would voluntarily return to Bangladesh along with senior leaders of her party 'Awami League'.

In a telephone interview of about an hour with 'Reuters', 78-year-old Hasina admitted the risk of arrest or assassination upon her return. However, she is adamant about not backing down from her decision. She said, 'I can be arrested as soon as I return home, I can be assassinated. Still, I have to return. My party's leaders and workers are being severely oppressed. If I die, let it be on the soil of my own country, where my parents are buried and where their blood was shed.'