Riot police used batons and rubber bullets to disperse Hasina supporters in the streets of Dhaka on July 16 after she was arrested at her home in the capital in the military-backed government's anticorruption drive, said Motia Chowdhury, a leader of Hasina's Awami League.

Hasina, 59, who was prime minister from 1996 to 2001, was denied bail July 16 and ordered to be held in jail until her trial.

The Japan Times Weekly: July 21, 2007
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