Court dismisses charges raised over oil supply to North Korea
A Maldivian-flagged vessel was accused of busting sanctions.
19 Sep 2019, 9:00 AM
The criminal court dismissed charges raised against a local businessmen in connection with illegal oil supply to a North Korean ship, on the grounds that it was not a crime under Maldivian law to violate United Nations sanctions.
The case was thrown out on August 26 but the judgment was made public this week.
Abdulla Fahmy was arrested in March 2018 and charged with terrorism after a tanker operating under a Maldivian flag was caught transferring oil to a North Korean vessel in violation of international sanctions. Japan notified the UN Security Council after a military aircraft spotted the Maldivian-flagged tanker Xin Juan 18 lying alongside a North Korean-flagged tanker.
Xin Juan 18 was fraudulently registered as a Maldivian vessel with the call sign of a dhoni (traditional boat) owned by Fahmy’s brother, according to the prosecution.
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