Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 1090 Mon. June 25, 2007       Letters to Editor Extortion or donation? A lawyer, Dhaka Upon reading the article by Dr. Khan in which he elaborated his views of extortion and donation, I felt it was incomprehensive and misleading in as much as submitting that the plaintiff did not have a case. First of all, any offence has two aspects, the criminal act and the intention behind the act. This intention differentiates a criminal offence from a non-criminal one.