Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus quizzed by Bangladesh anti-corruption watchdog

Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus (Michel Euler/AP/PA)

Bangladesh’s Anti-corruption Commission has questioned Muhammad Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, over alleged money laundering and fund embezzlement.

Mr Yunus pioneered the use of microcredit to help impoverished people in Bangladesh — a model replicated in many other countries across the world.