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BITE: (English) Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's former Prime Minister: "Yes this is my country, and I don't understand why they should stop me, and they filed a case against me, they issued a warrant, and so I want to go and face (it)." 5. Cutaway of armed policeman at entrance to airport 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's former Prime Minister: "This is totally fake, false, I didn't commit any murder, so it's an absolutely false case, and that's why i'm going to face it." 7. Hasina entering airport 8. Various of Hasina supporters waiting outside airport 9. Hasina exiting airport surrounded by media and police 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's former Prime Minister: "Well now I don't know, because you see I am on way back to my country, now, well the point is they filed a case against me. I want to face that case, they issued a warrant against me, even I am ready to go to jail, but I want to go back to my country, then how are they going to stop me?" 11. Hasina walking away from press and getting into car 12. Car containing Hasina driving away STORYLINE: Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was blocked on Sunday from boarding a flight home from London after the military-backed government barred her from returning. Hasina had vowed to return to fight murder and corruption charges after the country's military-backed interim government moved last week to force her and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who together have dominated Bangladeshi politics for the past 15 years, into exile. Hasina spoke to the media about her travel ban before entering the airport. "I don't understand why they should stop me, and they filed a case against me, they issued a warrant, and so I want to go and face (it)," she said. Hasina then entered the airport only to come out a few hours later. Hasina's close aide, Abdus Sobhan Golap, who accompanied her to London's Heathrow Airport, said British Airways officials would not allow her onto the flight, citing security reasons. "I want to face that case, they issued a warrant against me, even I am ready to go to jail, but I want to go back to my country, then how are they going to stop me?," said Hasina before leaving the airport by car. Bangladeshi media reported last week that she would be refused entry to the country, and that authorities had told airlines not to allow her to board any flight to Bangladesh. In the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, Hasina's Awami League party said it plans to fight in court the government ban on her return. British Airways said in a statement that it, along with other airlines, had been notified by the Civil Aviation Authority in Bangladesh that a passenger had been banned from entering the country. Many Bangladeshis blame the political rivalry between Hasina and Zia for making the country's widespread poverty and corruption worse. The interim government hoped forcing them into exile would calm the bitter division between their political camps, which has derailed the country's fragile democracy. Hasina, who was Prime Minister from 1996 to 2001, was charged with murder on 11 April while she was in the United States on a visit. Responding to these allegations at Heathrow Hasina said, "this is totally fake, false, I didn't commit any murder, so it's an absolutely false case, and that's why i'm going to face it." But he didn't make any further comment. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/3d7e3101aaec1891a90dfbaa9ef11aee