The scandal of Bangladesh’s missing children – part three
Today in Focus
The Guardian
4.5 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:06.9 | Today, the final episode uncovering a scandal that was buried in Bangladesh |
| 0:12.5 | five decades ago, but is still shattering lives across the world. |
| 0:17.4 | The Guardian |
| 0:28.0 | Muslim Ali Khan lives in a neighborhood which is one of the richer parts of Dhaka. |
| 0:32.5 | He lives on like a quiet tree-lined street. |
| 0:36.3 | It's a big house. |
| 0:37.6 | There were photos of him all around the living room. |
| 0:42.3 | Certificates, awards. |
| 0:45.4 | It was basically a room dedicated to him. |
| 0:48.6 | After months of investigating, if children were wrongfully put up for adoption |
| 0:52.6 | in Bangladesh in the 1970s, Tassima Begum finally got the chance to interview |
| 0:58.0 | Muslim Ali Khan. |
| 1:02.7 | I'm Muslim Ali Khan. |
| 1:04.5 | Presently I'm little over around 75 years old |
| 1:08.4 | and now presently I'm going to teach human rights law. |
| 1:14.0 | He was the country director of Ted is on Netherlands back then, |
| 1:17.7 | who will sometimes refer to as TDH in this episode. |
| 1:21.9 | And he had also worked for Bia, two charities at the centre of the allegations. |
| 1:28.0 | He said that before joining TDH Netherlands he had a good job |
| 1:32.4 | working within the government and he left that to join TDH because he felt |
| 1:37.2 | that he could make a difference. |
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