Gayoom slams ‘fabricated’ terror charge
The former president has worked since 2013 to bribe judges and influence rulings, and has also bribed two lawmakers, according to the charge sheet.
28 May 2018, 9:00 AM
Former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Monday slammed a “fabricated” terrorism charge against him, insisting he had never committed a crime in his life.
Gayoom has worked since 2013 to bribe judges and influence rulings and has also bribed MPs Ilham Ahmed and Abdulla Sinan, according to the charge sheet.
The 80-year-old former dictator is also accused of influencing the February 1 Supreme Court order to release President Abdulla Yameen’s opponents and reinstate a dozen lawmakers who had been stripped of their seats.
Gayoom said the charge was based on a non-existent crime and asked if it was a “crime of terrorism” to be a leading political figure or a former president.
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