Parliament Speaker Qasim Ibrahim has stated that the report publicized by the Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday regarding their findings on the massive case of graft involving the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), is "deficient and incomplete."
Stating that the report has left some details out, Qasim called on the commission to complete the list of individuals who had allegedly received funds through corruption.
“It is very clear that there are more people involved. It is the biggest corruption case in the country’s history. So, it needs thorough investigation. I would like to urge them to reveal the names that have not been publicized in the list” said the Majlis Speaker.
The coalition leader also called on the ACC to reveal names of those who had received funds in cash.
Stressing that the report is incomplete, Qasim stated that the only content that has been publicized is bank transactions, however, they have left out those who had received funds in cash.
Since the report was publicized on Thursday, the companies implicated have denied having carried out any transaction with Scores of Flair (SOF), accused of having a hand in the funds embezzled through state.
Further, Qasim said that his Villa Travels did not know that it was from MMPRC's funds when they had purhcased dollars from SOF.
He said that the transactions Villa Travels made were legal.
Highlighting that the company requires dollars to make its transactions with airlines, Qasim stated that the dollar purchase it made through SOF was purely business.
The report reveals that Villa Travels had acquired USD 700,000 from SOF during 2014 and 2015.
In addition, Qasim stated that he does not believe his company has gone against the law by purchasing dollars from SOF and that some people are observed to be trying to prove it to be illicit.
Although the transactions between Villa Travels and SOF had been publicized via the report, Qasim stressed that ACC had not questioned Villa Group regarding the allegations beforehand.
