LABOUR MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced by a court in Bangladesh to two years in prison for corruption involving a government land project.

Her aunt, ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was sentenced to five years.

Siddiq, who is MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London, has denied the allegations.

The Associated Press reports Rabiul Alam, the judge of Dhaka’s Special Judge’s Court, said Hasina misused her power as prime minister.

He also said Siddiq was guilty of corruptly influencing her aunt in helping her mother get a piece of land in a government project.

Siddiq’s mother, Sheikh Rehana, was given seven years in prison and was reportedly considered the prime participant in the case.

The three women are out of the country and were tried in absentia.

Siddiq’s lawyers have called

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