UKIP’s Amjad Bashir Suspended Over Financial, Employment Concerns

UK Independence Party stated on its website that member of the European Parliament for the UKIP has been suspended over financial and employment concerns.

MOSCOW, January 24 (Sputnik) — Member of the European Parliament for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has been suspended over financial and employment concerns, the statement on the party's website said Saturday.

"Amjad Bashir, a Member of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom Independence Party has today been suspended pending investigations into a number of issues which we consider to be extremely serious," the statement on the UKIP website said.

Bashir's suspension is said to come in light of financial and employment concerns. He is also suspected o interfering with UKIP candidate selection process.

"The UK Independence Party has a zero-tolerance policy and takes the matters at hand extremely seriously. The allegations against Mr Bashir are of a grave nature and we will be forwarding our evidence obtained so far to the police," a UKIP spokesperson was quoted as saying on the party's website.

The spokesperson stressed that the party would not tolerate the abuse of power from any party member, which was why Bashir was suspended, with further investigation pending.

The BBC also reported that on Friday that Bashir had a meeting with UK Prime Minister David Cameron to discuss the move to the Conservative Party, which he was affiliated with prior to becoming a UKIP member.