Corruption charges over drug lord Safa’s release moves beyond discovery
The Anti-Corruption Commission had forwarded case against a total of six people in the case
Former Commissioner of Police Moosa Azim and Mohamed Hanim, then a deputy at the Ministry of Environment and Energy
Prosecutors and legal representatives of those incriminated in the corruption case raised after convict Shafaz Abdul Razzaq was unlawfully released from prison, have exchanged documents.
The states corruption watchdog had forwarded cases against a total of six of individuals, including then Commissioner of Police Moosa Azim and Mohamed Hanim, then a deputy at the Ministry of Environment and Energy.
The Prosecutor General’s Office has raised charges of graft against both Azim and Hanim, who is currently a senior policy executive at the Environment Ministry. RaajjeMV understands that said submission of documents happened on Tuesday.
The Anti-Corruption Commission found that the drug dealer, who was sentenced to a prison sentenced and a hefty fine, was released against Maldives Correctional Service's procedures.
Shafaz, a major drug dealer referred commonly to as ‘Safa’, was given medical leave from his prison sentence in February 2014. In an operation that May, officers of the police had arrested him in Sri Lanka through a joint operation between their law enforcement, which was all heftily reported to have been spearheaded by then Home Minister Umar Naseer.
However, in 2015, the High Court had repealed his 18-year prison sentence.
