Dr Ahmed Abdulla Didi is the only sitting judge in the Maldives with a PhD.
The priciest island of the three costs US$2.7 million.
The detained lawmaker faces a jail term of nine months and 18 days if convicted.
The Maldives prisons authority spent millions unlawfully or accumulated it as a loss.
The conglomerate, owned and run by self-exiled Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim, is said to have for paid for luxury Malaysian properties for two top judges.
Defence Minister Adam Shareef met the two high-profile detainees as the president's envoy.
The veteran lawmaker has been described as the ideal candidate because of his efforts to unify the parties and political leaders within the Maldives United Opposition.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was arrested during a state of emergency in connection with an alleged coup plot. He was charged with terrorism and is detained for...
The opposition spokesman says the Maldives now has the highest per capita rate of custodial deaths in the world with 13 in the past two years.
There was outrage when flat-winners were announced last year with only the form numbers of applicants and complaints were filed over alleged lack of transparency in...
More than MVR1.1 million (US$71,335) worth of oil was purchased for the Gaaf Dhaal Kaadedhdhoo airport last year in violation of public finance laws and regulations.
The Elections Commission has already threatened to dissolve the MDP, saying that former president Mohamed Nasheed does not qualify as a candidate.
Housing is a hot-button issue in the Maldives, where 39 percent of the country’s 341,256 population lives on the 2.2 square mile capital island of Malé.
The former president has worked since 2013 to bribe judges and influence rulings, and has also bribed two lawmakers, according to the charge sheet.
The cleric has previously said that people who favour same-sex marriage should be killed and warned of “divine wrath” for people who plant false evidence.
The programme aims to issue licences in one day and condenses the one-week theory and practical driving exams so they can be sat in an evening.
Foster care is new to the Maldives and it is the first time that the legal guardianship of children will be transferred through court, as well...
