Naifaru MP Ahmed Shiyam has proposed a motion to withdraw the state money-laundering charge against former President Abdulla Yameen over his involvement in the MMPRC embezzlement case.
MP Shiyam said that Yameen was charged and detained for political reasons.
He accused the Prosecutor General of being under certain political influences and charging “Maldives’ only opposition leader” in order to limit the opposition’s effectiveness in the parliamentary election.
Raees Yameen ge Machchah Kohffaiva Siyaasee Dhau'wa Anbura Genaumah Edhi Raiyyithunge Majleehuge Qawaaidhuge 142 vana Maahdhaage Dhashun Alhugandu Miadhu Qarareh Rayyithunge Majileehah Husha Alhaifin. #FreePresidentYameen pic.twitter.com/VUoduO6nMo
— Ahmed Shiyam (@Shiyamaldives) February 27, 2019
Yameen was charged after state authorities found that SoF, the company that was laundering the money embezzled from MMPRC, had transferred USD 1 million to Yameen’s account.
Yameen later confessed that after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) requested him to transfer the money to them for the investigation, he had instead transferred money he had taken from Moosa Zameer, the tourism minister during Yameen’s administration.
Former legal affairs minister Azima Shakoor has been charged with aiding Yameen with money-laundering and providing false testimony.
