Doctor’s passport held as drug kingpin’s medical release investigated
07 Apr 2014, 5:27 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has confiscated the passport of an expatriate doctor who signed the medical report recommending that Ibrahim Shafaz Abdul Razzaq be sent abroad for medical treatment.
Shafaz was sentenced to 18 years in prison last November for drug trafficking, but was permitted to leave the country unaccompanied in February. Shortly after his arrival in Sri Lanka, Shafaz asked the High Court to review his sentence.
The ACC has told the local media that the doctor’s passport was held last week after a warrant had been obtained from the Criminal Court.
Speaking to Minivan News today, President of ACC Hassan Luthfy said that he could not give any information except to confirm that the passport of an expatriate doctor had been held by the commission.
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