Bangladeshi Police Agents Accused of Selling Citizens' Personal Information on Telegram

An anonymous reader shares a report: Two senior officials working for anti-terror police in Bangladesh allegedly collected and sold classified and personal information of citizens to criminals on Telegram, TechCrunch has learned. The data allegedly sold included national identity details of citizens, cell phone call records and other "classified secret information," according to a letter signed by a senior Bangladeshi intelligence official, seen by TechCrunch.

The letter, dated April 28, was written by Brigadier General Mohammad Baker, who serves as a director of Bangladesh's National Telecommunications Monitoring Center, or NTMC, the country's electronic eavesdropping agency. Baker confirmed the legitimacy of the letter and its contents in an interview with TechCrunch. "Departmental investigation is ongoing for both the cases," Baker said in an online chat, adding that the Bangladeshi Ministry of Home Affairs ordered the affected police organizations to take "necessary action against those officers." The letter, which was originally written in Bengali and addressed to the senior secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Public Security Division, alleges the two police agents accessed and passed "extremely sensitive information" of private citizens on Telegram in exchange for money.

This is a good sign

[Mononymous]

Petty corruption can break out anywhere. An individual or small group may give in to a strong temptation.
The important thing is what happens next. The facts that a senior official is publicly calling it out and the ministry has ordered action against the officers are cause to hope that there may be real consequences.

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[LazarusQLong]

fortunately, bright lights of honesty can also break out all over the globe as well. These days it seems less common, but it still happens.

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[LazarusQLong]

...and remember, these people probably live a much, much different life than you or I do, so most likely have more incentive to augment their paychecks... because as we all know, this country may be one of the ones a former president referred to as a 'shithole'

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[ghoul]

If you are looking for Shitholes visit California central valley or South Texas. Sewage systems are rare and most houses have septic tanks aka Shitholes. Thats Shithole country. Poverty is endemic.

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[LazarusQLong]

well, gee. I have not been to either places in decades, shit sure must have changed.