mollah
Noun
Meaning
One of the higher order of Turkish judges; also, a Turkish title of respect for a religious and learned man.
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But a source in the industry says anonymously: “If the shipping industry chose to dispose of its ships in a responsible manner, breaking yards would be forced to improve their methods and conditions, thereby protecting workers such as Mollah.
Mr Mollah was convicted nonetheless, but his guilt proved far harder to establish than his nickname, the “Butcher of Mirpur”, would have suggested.
The independence of Bangladesh’s courts has come under question after their reaction to the broad popular movement against the initial life sentence verdict against Mollah.