Overview

• Hamid arrived in Dhaka shortly before dawn on June 9 after receiving cancer treatment in Bangkok and was helped off the plane in a wheelchair at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
• Government officials did not detain him on arrival because no arrest warrant exists against the 81-year-old ex-president.
• Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Rtd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury confirmed that investigators are reviewing evidence and pledged legal action if Hamid is found culpable.
• Student groups Students Against Discrimination and the National Citizen Party protested his May 8 departure for Thailand, demanding he face trial for murder charges tied to last year’s uprising.
• Two police officers were suspended and a third withdrawn from airport immigration duties for negligence in allowing Hamid’s departure.