28 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM
The High Court on Wednesday afternoon overturned a criminal court order to detain former president Abdulla Yameen for the duration of an upcoming trial on money laundering charges.
The decision on procedural grounds came after the three-judge bench hearing Yameen’s appeal was changed, local media reported. Judge Abdul Rauf Ibrahim was replaced by Judge Shujau Usman, chief judge of the appellate court.
Yameen is accused of laundering US$1 million transferred to his account by a company implicated in the country’s biggest corruption scandal.
The criminal court ordered the 59-year-old opposition leader’s detention after prosecutors submitted evidence of an alleged attempt to bribe witnesses and tamper with evidence. A secret document to show Yameen’s alleged attempt to block a police investigation into a suspicious transaction flagged by the Financial Intelligence Unit was also submitted.
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