Born in 1939, Kazi Zafar alias Sugar Zafar (more precisely sugar thief) hails from Chauddogram of Comilla district. Kazi Zafar Ahmed was originally a student leader at Dhaka University. 

He was a student leader of the pro-Chinese (i.e. Maoist) student league: Biplobi Chhatro Union. They were critical of pro-Soviet Chhatro Union. Basically they are Islamic leftists united by the hatred against the Hindus and anti-Indian sentiment. Socially they belong to the provincial landed gentry who occupied Hindu properties after the partition. Despite reading bulk of Marxist literature they could not overcome their Muslim selves. The pro-Chinese leftists were always inclined to extremist underground parties such as Shiraz Sikdar's Sarbohara Party. But in the last thirty years of their extremist politics they hardly killed any police officers let alone the army officers. They killed their fellow political activists more than their class enemies.  Strange may it sound the pro-Chinese leftists supported all the military dictators starting with general Ayub Khan. Liberal democratic party Awami League's is their sworn enemy. Since 1967 the pro-Chinese leftists have been opposing Awami League and supported, whether publicly or secretly, all the military dictators. Dozens of pro-Chinese leftist leaders decorated the cabinets of the military dictators.

The whole group of pro-Mao leftists fell into a dilemma during the liberation war in 1971 because Mao's China sided with the Paki dictator Yahya Khan.  Most of them weren't clear about what they should do.  Many of them went to India to save their skin.  After all, the killer Pakistani occupation army didn't know how to distinguish the pro-Soviet leftists from pro-Chinese leftists.  They're assigned to eliminate the secular Bangalee intellectuals and politicians.

After 1971 and encouraged by Mujib’s forgiving attitude, the pro-Chinese leftists became active to undermine the politics of Awami League and Sk Mujib's influence in Bangladesh. Many of them were even funded by Pakistani intelligence (ISI for example Anwar Zahid). According to some newspaper report pro-Mao underground leader Toaha used to correspond directly with Bhutto.

During 1972-73 the pro-Chinese leftists factions joined hands with the anti-liberation forces and carried out sabotage activities in the Eastern and Northern regions of Bangladesh to discredit the nascent Awami League government formed by Sk Mujib and his associates. A pro-Chinese weekly magazine “ The Weekly Bichitra” highlighted the weaknesses of Sk Mujib government. Their subversive activities compelled Mujib to form the BKSAL comprising all the pro-liberation political parties (NAP, CPB and Congress). After the fall of BKSAL and the assassination of Sk Mujib, all anti-liberation parties resurfaced and backed up by the military dictator Zia formed an anti-AL and anti-Mujib political platform.  Kazi Zafar was one of the champions of anti liberation political alliances. He joined hands with general Zia along with the notorious collaborators like Sabur Khan and Shah Azizur Rahman. They formed a party named Peoples' Democratic Party (PPP). Those pro-Chinese politicians deliberately misguided the post war generation so as to rehabilitate the Razakars (war criminals and collaborators) in Bangladesh under the leadership of general Zia.

As soon as his interests were served general Zia formed a united front and dissolved Kazi Zafar's party. He remained with Zia for sometime as the education minister. Zia used to be very harsh when dealing with the political leaders.  As per the BNP insiders Zafar had to resign due to personality clash. Zia only liked those politicians who could unconditionally lick his boots.

Kazi Zafar later joined Zia’s successor general Ershad. Unlike Zia Ershad used any politicians who served him to achieve his goals (money and women) During Ershad’s regime Zafar became the Prime Minister. It's reported that Kazi Zafar created artificial crisis to import sugar from overseas.  He sold thousands of tonnes of sugar, sent to Bangladesh as relief for the flood affected people, in the black market and made millions of dollars. Sugar price hiked so high that even the urban middle classes found it expensive. To make money many greedy businessmen mixed urea (very fine and white fertilizer) with sugar and sold them. People started suffering from kidney problems as urea damages kidneys. Since the premiership of Kazi Zafar, deaths due to kidney failure multiplied. He was so hated by the common people that they named sugar after him "Zafar". People would say at grocery shops “give me 250 grams of Zafar”. After a decade since the fall of Ershad, still people call him Chini Zafar. Some of his associates were involved in smuggling sugar. He was found guilty in one of the corruption cases filed against him a few years ago.  He left Bangladesh and took shelter in Australia to escape prosecution.

As the prime minister of Ershad govt, Zafar used his authority to develop his family property. In Khulna Zafar’s family owns a hundred acres of lands. Zafar declared to donate that huge block of land for a proposed cancer hospital and allotted thousands of tonnes of wheat sent to Bangladesh as foreign aid for “food for work” program to develop the property. But once the property is developed Zafar, instead of handing the property to the hospital as promised, turned the land into   real estate business with a massive turn over. Obviously the so called “cancer institute’ is one of Zafarite trick to make money using foreign aids. After the fall of dictator Ershad, Zafar like his other mates, disappeared to save his skin from peoples’ grunts. During the Khaleda Zia regime (as it was agreed on by the anti Ershad alliance) all the Ershad’s cabinet ministers, including  Zafar, were put on trial on corruption charges. Zafar used his political influence (Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan being one of his old mates in the key position of BNP govt) to delay his trial indefinitely. But the fate betrayed him when, to his utter dismay, Awami League came to the power in the next election. Knowing that he could not delay his trial during the Awami League government as he had nobody to intervene in the judicial process, Zafar sat with a dozen of top solicitors of to discuss his chances. All agreed that Zafar would not be able to escape conviction. Having no option left Zafar decided to leave Bangladesh and take political shelter in some western countries.

Zafar deliberately came to Australia because he knew he could not get refugee status in UK or USA because the officials, unlike their Australian counterparts, of those countries are aware of Zafar’s corruption and his ignoble role in Bangladeshi politics. The Bangladeshis living in UK or USA are much more politically aware than the Bangladeshis living in Australia. His assessment was correct. Nobody knows how a man of his profile can obtain refugee status in Australia. The Dept of Immigration has no record in their files about his past crimes. The immigration minister himself expressed his ignorance in regards to Zafar’s refugee status.

In Australia one of his relatives and  a Maost supporter, Anis Chowdhury, took initiative to rehabilitate Zafar in Australian society. He approached a few Bangladeshi community leaders to welcome his fallen leader in the community. The community leaders declined to revive the fallen angel. Some for fear of being defamed by the community some afraid of losing their leadership to this shamelessly cunning Machiavellian. Failing to establish Zafar in the local Bangladeshi community, Anis and Mizan Chowdhury (another veteran Maoist presently pretending to be politically neutral and a moderate Muslim to keep his voluntary position as the chair of BHHP Migrant resource Centre) moved to place him in Australian community using his former status of which the Australians are absolutely unaware of and manipulating some of the academics and politicians. First of all Anis approached a Bangalee academic of University of Western Sydney. The Bangalee academic is originally from West Bengal and a leftist. Unaware of Zafar’s political role in pre and post liberation of Bangladesh Mr. Bhattacharya agreed to give Zafar a break. Debesh then organized a seminar where he invited Zafar as a guest speaker. In the seminar Zafar’s talk impressed some of the audience (who were also unaware of the fact that this man is in Sydney to escape prosecution). Thus having created his profile he applied for a job in the University of Western Sydney. Eventually, due to continued public (and secret by Mizan) lobbying of Anis, Zafar obtained a part time position in the University of Western Sydney.

How Zafar managed to have a refugee status in Australia? To many of the Bangladeshis in Australia Zafar’s refugee status is still a mystery. Officially Australian govt does not accept the fact that political persecution exist in Bangladesh. All Bangladeshi asylum seekers are refused refugee status by the department of immigration.  Like Afghan or Iraqi refugees, Bangladeshi refugees are destined to be deported by the immigration department. The only exception is Zafar. But the reality is Zafar is not being persecuted in Bangladesh. There are hundreds of Maoist (like Zafar himself) politicians and activists are living in Bangladesh. They are pampered, instead of punched, by the BNP government. Besides in his last visit to Bangladesh, Zafar checked out through the VIP exit in Dhaka Airport and had meetings with top government officials during his stay in Banglaadesh. So definitely he is not persecuted. So if he is not persecuted by the Bngladeshi establishment how come he is granted refugee status in Australia? Many believe that his solicitor helped him for a large amount of money. Others disagree because the solicitor is too cunning to lose his image affecting his business due to his association with Zafar. Others believe that Zafar bribed Ruddock or his nominated third party to obtain refugee status.