Supreme Court issues order to suspend Nasheed's sentence

The Supreme Court has issued an order to suspend former President Mohamed Nasheed’s 13-year prison sentence.

The order was issued to the correctional service and the police service on Tuesday after the Prosecutor General’s office requested the apex court to review Nasheed’s case.

The Prosecutor General’s office warned that forcing Nasheed to serve his sentence while the case is being reviewed will subject him to undue harm.

Nasheed was sentenced in March 2015 after being found guilty of ordering the arrest of a judge during his presidency and has been living in self-exile since receiving political asylum from the United Kingdom during a medical trip in January 2016.

He has announced that he will return to Maldives on Thursday and Maldivian Democratic Party is preparing a huge welcoming event.