Corruption case on PG Bisham surfaces

A case has been lodged with Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over recovery of funds allotted to Prosecutor General Aishath Bisham from Attorney General’s Office, to complete her Master’s qualification.

The case was filed by Galolhu South Constituency MP Ahmed Mahloof.

In the letter sent to ACC President Hassan Luthufee, MP Mahloof said that at the time when PG Bisham was an employee of Attorney General’s Office, in early 2010, she was granted paid study leave to complete her Master’s degree in New Zealand.

The letter noted that PG Bisham was under a state bond agreement. The agreement stipulated that after one year of studies, Bisham had to enter Government service. If she was unable to complete the course in the set time then she must pay back the funds allotted to her. The agreement also stipulated that Bisham had to submit a copy of her certification to AG Office as proof.

MP Mahloof’s letter stated that PG Bisham had failed to provide her certificate as proof and that repeated requests from the office to send in the certificate had been ignore. The Parliamentarian also accused PG of using her position in AG office to avert the issue.

Mahloof added that PG Bisham had failed to note in her CV that she had a Master’s degree. As such, all the positions she had applied from 2011 onward had failed to mention this.

The letter added that AG Office had failed to review the case as PG Bisham was a senior figure in the office.

As the case had aspects of abuse of power, the letter had requested ACC to instate legal measures to review the case and recover the funds.