Adeeb shown Al Jazeera’s corruption exposé in jail
According to Adeeb’s lawyer, the ACC investigators asked “general questions” about secretly filmed confessions by three of Adeeb’s associates featured in the Stealing Paradise documentary about delivering stolen cash to the president.
03 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
A private screening of an Al Jazeera film exposing corruption at the highest levels of the Maldivian government was held at a high security prison for former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb on Thursday.
Adeeb, who is serving a 33-year jail sentence on corruption and terror charges, was one of the main subjects of the investigative film, ‘Stealing Paradise.’ The documentary was based on evidence gathered from Adeeb’s three mobile phones.
His lawyer confirmed that Anti-Corruption Commission officials questioned Adeeb at the Maafushi Jail.
The investigators asked “general questions” about secretly filmed confessions by three of Adeeb’s associates featured in the exposé about delivering stolen cash to the president.
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