Former President Abdulla Yameen has filed an appeal to the High Court, requesting that it overturn the Criminal Court’s order to keep him in detention for the remainder of his trial.

The former President was transferred to Maafushi Prison’s remand jail on Monday after the court began proceedings on his trial over state money-laundering charges.

At Monday’s hearing, the state attorney requested that he be kept in detention since the Prosecutor General’s office has obtained evidence that he had tried to interfere with the investigation by offering bribes to witnesses to change their testimonies.

The state attorney also said that Yameen has tried to remove a case from the Financial Intelligence Unit.

The Court's chief judge Ahmed Hailam ordered to keep him in remand, under Articles 49 and 60 of the Constitution and Penal Code respectively.

Denying the state attorney’s claims, Yameen’s attorney Abdulla Shiyaz said that state authorities have still not confirmed that the money in his bank account is part of the money embezzled from Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC).

Yameen has also appealed the police service’s decision to freeze MVR 100 million from his bank account.