High Court upholds prison term for top judge
Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed was arrested hours after a state of emergency was declared.
07 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
The High Court Thursday upheld a prison term for the country’s highest-ranking judge who was convicted of obstruction of state function.
Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed was sentenced last month for ordering the suspension of the government’s e-letter management system to block the delivery of three letters.
He was arrested hours after President Abdulla Yameen invoked emergency powers on February 5, citing a plot to remove him from office and a “constitutional crisis” triggered by the Supreme Court’s shock ruling to release prisoners and reinstate lawmakers stripped of their seats.
The appellate court said that evidence and testimony proved Saeed obstructed state functions by ordering GEMS to stop on February 4 and 5.
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