Along with Sheikh Hasina, her co-accused and Bangladesh's former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal was also given the death sentence.

Reacting to the death sentence granted to ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in ‘crimes against humanity’ case by a tribunal court, China said said that it was Dhaka's “internal affair” and declined to any further comment on the matter.

Sheikh Hasina was on Monday awarded death sentence by a Bangladeshi tribunal which convicted her of crimes against humanity during the crackdown on student-led protests last year.

"It is Bangladesh's internal affair," PTI news agency quoted Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning as saying during a media briefing in Beijing when asked about the verdict.

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