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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Nineteen Bangladeshi politicians arrested under emergency powers were sent to jail for a month on Monday, a lawyer said.
Security forces used the emergency powers on Sunday to detain the senior politicians, including former government ministers, members of parliament and top political aides from the country's two major parties, news reports and family members of those detained said.
No specific charges have yet been laid against any of them, but they are suspected of corruption and anti-state activities, a lawyer for one of the detainees said Monday on condition of anonymity because of official briefing rules.
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