Hasan

*79 MEMORANDUM **

Lead petitioner Mahmud Hasan, his wife Chowdhury Reshmin, and them children, Rezwan and Rafiat Hasan are natives and citizen of Bangladesh. They petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying their applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. Because the transitional rules apply, Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997), we have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We review adverse credibility determinations for substantial evidence, Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1149 (9th Cir.1999), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility finding because the lead petitioner’s testimony was internally inconsistent regarding his arrests and his escape from the hospital, and was contradicted by testimony from his wife and documentary evidence from the hospital. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001) (holding that inconsistencies that relate to the basis for a petitioner’s alleged fear of persecution can support an adverse credibility finding). Furthermore, political changes in Bangladesh since…