A Dhaka court has denied permission for Moazzem Hossain, former assistant personal secretary (APS) to interim government adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, to travel to Thailand for medical treatment. The order was issued on Tuesday by Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge (Senior Special Judge) Md Sabbir Foyez, confirmed by the court’s bench assistant Riaz Hossain. Moazzem had sought permission to travel abroad citing spinal cord injuries and a scheduled medical appointment in Thailand on February 15.

In his petition, Moazzem claimed he was falsely implicated in a case to harass him and asserted that he was not involved in any unlawful or anti-state activities. His lawyer, Md Raihan, told the court that Moazzem suffered a spinal injury causing fluid leakage and required specialized treatment abroad. Despite these arguments, the court rejected the application after hearing.

The same court had earlier, on May 24 of the previous year, blocked Moazzem’s national identity card and imposed a travel ban against him in connection with a corruption allegation.