Ex-judicial administrator released

The criminal court has released former judicial administrator Hassan Saeed after nine months in prison.

The court ordered Saeed’s release Monday after lawyers filed a habeas corpus motion noting that he has completed serving a five-month sentence for obstruction of justice.

The court counted the period Saeed spent in custody before he was convicted on July 19, his lawyers told the press.

Saeed was arrested along with two Supreme Court justices hours after President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency on February 5. The security forces stormed the court building after constitutional rights and legal immunities for judges were suspended.