Yameen’s attempted assassination conspirator summoned for hearing
Ashraf is accused of intimidating and threatening Zahid Rameez, a member of the Progressive Party of Maldives’ council
Ashraf is accused of intimidating and threatening Zahid Rameez, a member of the Progressive Party of Maldives’ council
Ahmed Ashraf, popularly known as Shumba Gong, has been summoned for a hearing on Sunday, the first to be held in his case in over a year.
Ashraf is accused of intimidating and threatening Zahid Rameez, a member of the Progressive Party of Maldives’ council. The hearing is to be held at 11:30 on Sunday.
The police apprehended Ashraf in 2015, while he was living in Sri Lanka. Officers announced their search for him in relation to the ‘Finifenmaa bombing’, a reported attack on President Abdulla Yameen.
Ashraf is a close associate of now jailed former vice president Ahmed Adeeb, who is serving a decades-long sentence and was charged with attempted assassination.
While Ashraf was initially detained in prison, he has since been moved to house arrest, where he has been since March of last year.
The hearing to be held on Sunday has to do with him threatening Zahid. The last hearing in this case was also held in March, 2017.
