Former Criminal Court Chief Judge Ahmed Hailam summoned to police
22 ޖޫން 2020 | ހޯމަ 08:33He is to present himself to the MPS headquarters at 8pm on Tuesday
Former Chief Judge at the Criminal Court, Ahmed Hailam
Former Chief Judge at the Criminal Court, Ahmed Hailam has been summoned to the Maldives Police Service (MPS).
He is to present himself to the MPS headquarters at 8pm on Tuesday.
The former judge revealed via Twitter that he is being summoned for questioning regarding the issue of having borrowed MVR 200,000 from ex-parliamentarian Alhan Fahmy during May 2019.
According to the police, they are investigating another case involving the ex-judge during his time on the bench.
Hailam resigned from his post at the Criminal Court during December 2019, at a time the parliament's judiciary committee approved the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)’s decision to remove him, after a disciplinary investigation
Hailam was suspended for a period of 60 days on November 5, following JSC’s investigations into a Victory Day message the judge had shared with a Viber group, which was leaked on social media.
Judge Hailam’s Victory Day greetings showed national hero and Victory Day martyr Corporal Hussain Adam pulling eight figures tied to chains. Those eight chained figures included Abdulla Luthufee, the mastermind behind the 1988 attack, in addition to President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and former President Mohamed Nasheed. Hailam claims not to have seen Solih and Nasheed in the image.
Hailam was suspended on the same day as the verdict hearing in former President Abdulla Yameen’s money-laundering trial where he was the presiding judge.
Following his suspension, Judge Ali Rasheed was appointed as the interim chief judge of the criminal court.
