The government on Tuesday appointed senior secretary of the Public Security division of home ministry Mohammad Abdul Momen as new chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
The government also appointed retired District and Sessions Judge Mia Mohammad Ali Akbar Azizi and Brigadier General (retd) Hafiz Ahsan Farid as new commissioners of the ACC, according to a gazette notification issued by the Cabinet Division.
It said that Momen, as ACC chairman, will enjoy salary, allowances, and status given to an Appellate Division judge, while the two commissioners, as commissioners, will enjoy salary, allowances, and status given to a High Court Division judge.
Momen was working on a contract basis in the public聽 security division of the Ministry of Home Affairs, but he resigned on December 8 from that post to join as ACC chairman, said ministry officials.
The Public Administration ministry also on Tuesday issued a separate official order cancelling Momen鈥檚 contractual appointment.
Momen was sent on compulsory retirement in 2013 by the then Awami League government while he was a joint secretary.
After the AL government fell on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising, he was appointed as secretary of the Public Security Division of the home ministry on contractual basis. Later, he was promoted to senior secretary.
On October 29, former ACC chairman Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah and two commissioners, Md Zahurul Haque (Investigation) and Mosammat Asia Khatoon (Inquiry), resigned from their positions.
