Hearing in Judicial Administrator's case scheduled for Monday

A hearing has been scheduled at the Criminal Court in the trial against detained former Judicial Administrator at the state's Department of Judicial Administration Hassan Saeed Hussain, for Monday.

The hearing is scheduled at 11:00 a.m on Monday morning.

A hearing in the trial of obstructing the conduct of the state had been scheduled previously on the 19th of March as well, however it was cancelled after the court declared that Saeed's trial will be held behind closed doors and the public and media will not be permitted to enter the court proceeding.

The obstruction charges were raised against Saeed after the authorities claimed that he had attempted to escape his arrest ahead of a police operation which the Supreme Court had halted.

Saeed is also accused of accepting a large amount of money that he allegedly used to bribe Supreme Court (SC) justices into issuing the initial ruling passed by the SC's full bench on the 01st of February releasing unjustly detained political prisoners and reinstate opposition Members of Parliament.

Maldives Police Service also states that they heave written evidence against Saeed in the bribery allegations raised against him. Saeed is also accused of giving bribed to purchase apartments from a government housing project.