Judicial Service Commission (JSC)’s investigative committee has given Supreme Court Justice Abdulla Didi five days, to send in a written response to the allegations against him.

The committee decided to give him five days at Thursday’s meeting, where he was presented for questioning.

The meeting, held in public, began at 10am and continued for over two hours.

At the meeting, JSC member and Thulhaadhoo constituency MP Hisaan Hussain had read out the letter sent to the Commission, detailing the allegations against the justice.

Police said that its investigation into the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) embezzlement shows that Didi had asked for money from those implicated in the case “numerous times” in efforts use undue influence.

She noted that the first letter, informing them of an investigation into Didi, was sent on June 12, but that this was “a confidential letter.”

Noting that this was why the letter was not shared with the accused, Hisaan said that they had requested for a second letter detailing the allegations against him. She highlighted that the commission received this letter at around 10:40pm on Wednesday.

According to this letter, police’s top suspect -Suspect One- in the MMPRC case had testified to having given bribes to various judges from 2014, to alter the rulings in cases involving politicians, adding that this includes Didi. Suspect One is to have met with these judges, also inside his private car, according to a Witness One.

Witness One is to have delivered the money to Justice Didi, and had kept details of these transactions on his phone. Two of his phones have since been handed over to the police, who is to have extracted the information through a forensic analysis.

Photos of some of these messages were shared with the JSC, who in turn shared them with the defence.

In addition, it noted that Suspect One had approached Didi, after interactions with a known criminal, regarding releasing suspects arrested in the abduction of journalist Ahmed Rilwan.

The police noted that Didi had released Mohamed Suaid after this exchange, and provided details of the judge presiding over Abdulla Haisham’s remand hearing; Haisham is to have been released five days later.

In return for these, Didi is to have sought employment for family members including post of deputy ambassador to Malaysia, from Suspect One.

Police further added that evidence and testimonies in the investigation shows that Didi and Suspect One are close acquaintances.

After the letter was read out loud, Didi said that the police had informed him via a letter that there were no investigations against him, on June 10.

Also at the meeting, Didi’s team requested additional time to respond to the allegations. While they asked for a day, JSC decided to give them five days to send in a written response.

The four members on Didi's defence team are Mohamed Saleem, Adam Shameem, Adam Asif and former Vice President Mohamed Jameel Ahmed.

JSC’s investigative comprises of members Ali Shameem, Hisaan Hussain, Masthooru Husny, Mohamed Easafulhu and Attorney General Ibrahim Riffath.

JSC, on Tuesday, revealed that it is investigating five misconduct allegations against the Supreme Court justice.

He was suspended on June 12, after being informed of a police investigation against him.

While Supreme Court has since issued a stay order in the case, JSC decided to uphold its initial decision. The court has since issued an order saying that any decision against its first order “is invalid.”

The court, on Monday, released another order stating that any action taken against a justice, regarding a ruling made “is unconstitutional.”

While the parliament has passed to support the Commission’s decision on the matter, it accepted a motion “to determine if justices meet standards” on Wednesday.

Justice Didi is also accused of taking a USD one million bribe to convict former President Mohamed Nasheed is 2015, which is to have been deposited to his wife’s dollar account in Malaysia. The deputy ambassador to Malaysia has since been dismissed from the post.