Hummam Quader Chowdhury, son of the late Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, announced plans to send a legal notice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanding the release of classified cipher messages that allegedly prevented four overseas witnesses from testifying during his father’s war crimes trial. He claimed the tribunal’s refusal to allow the witnesses was influenced by communications from the then-foreign ministry, and alleged his father was denied fair justice and “murdered” with direct involvement from the Awami League government. Hummam demanded the declassification of the messages and the public disclosure of all officials connected to them.