MP Ibrahim Mohamed Didi to attend another hearing on Monday, on terror charges

The Criminal Court has scheduled another hearing for the renewed terrorism allegations against opposition lawmaker Ibrahim Mohamed Didi.

The hearing has been scheduled for 10:00 am on Monday, after the arraignment hearing was held in August.

Judge Ali Adam decided at the hearing on August 17th, that the prosecution’s case against MP Ibrahim Mohamed Didi can go forth – while the charges remain the same as those that were withdrawn by the Prosecutor General’s Office in 2015.

Judge Adam gave the lawmaker until August 22nd to prepare his defence and file the relevant documentation and name witnesses to present in court.

The terror allegations were made on the grounds that MP Ibrahim Mohamed Didi, a retired brigadier general, had been involved in the ‘unlawful detention’ of the Criminal Court’s former chief judge, Abdulla Mohamed, in 2012.

Ibrahim Mohamed Didi’s defence told RaajjeMV that documents and official copies of the orders given out within the Maldives National Defence Force pertaining to Judge Abdulla Mohamed’s apprehension have been presented as evidence against him.

However, none of these documents nor testimonies prove that Didi had been actively involved in the operation that had Judge Abdulla Mohamed detained by the armed forces.

Further, notes from a meeting among senior officers of the defence force, including military chief Moosa Ali Jaleel also proved that Ibrahim Mohamed Didi, who was then head of the command center for the Malé area, had been averse to detaining Judge Abdulla Mohamed.

The legal team also said that the military’s documents clearly show that the operation was one conducted to quell instability during a crisis in the capital city and not an arrest order against the judge.