Thursday's hearing in the terror charges against MP Ibrahim Mohamed Didi cancelled

Thursday's hearing in the terror charges against opposition lawmaker Brigadier General (Rtd.) Ibrahim Mohamed Didi has been cancelled.

While the hearing was scheduled for 11 am, the defence was to present documents to Court during today's hearing.

A Criminal Court official said that the reason for the cancellation was because the state's attorney 'is currently out of the country'.

The last hearing in the case was held on October 23.

The Hithadhoo Central constituency MP was charged with terrorism over the 'unlawful detention' of then Criminal Court chief judge, Abdulla Mohamed, in 2012.

Terror charges were raised against MP Ibrahim Didi previously as well, but was withdrawn later, after having been put on hold due to the lawmaker's medical condition. He had to travel abroad due to a heart related issue. The PG office had then said that the main reason the charges were dropped was because prosecutors had not been able to prove the charges against some of the accused.

A total of five prominent figures were arrested and charged with terrorism over the then-Chief Judge's arrest, including former President Mohamed Nasheed, who was issued a 13-year jail sentence over the matter in March 2015.

Defence Minister during Nasheed's administration, Tholhath Ibrahim received a 10-year sentence.

In addition to Nasheed, Ibrahim and Tholhath, terror charges were also raised against then Chief of Defence Force Moosa Ali Jaleel and former Colonel at the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) Mohamed Ziyad. However, both were acquitted of the crime.