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9 May 2005

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Daily Star [Bangladesh]

Factory owner surrenders, sent to jail [Bangladesh]

A Dhaka court yesterday sent the managing director of the collapsed sweater factory at Savar, Shahriar, alias Sayeed Hossain, and a director of the factory, Abul Hashem Fakir, to jail...the lawyers [for the accused] told the court that the building collapse was merely an accident and that the owner paid Tk 20 lakh to the victims' family members...The court said that nobody can construct a building without an approved plan from the authorities concerned. [refers to Spectrum Fashions, Shahriyar Fabrics]

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