Maldives High Court frees Gayoom, Faris on bail
The former president and his son deny all charges against them.
30 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
The Maldives High Court on Sunday ordered former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and his son MP Faris Maumoon to be freed on bail, after his lawyers filed a motion to delay his four-month prison sentence for identity fraud.
The court order for Faris, seen by the Maldives Independent, instructs police to release the Dhiggaru MP on bail of MVR40,000 (US$2,553).
Faris was sentenced to four months and 24 days for misusing the ruling party’s flag at an opposition press conference.
He was declared an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience in July, after having spent more than a year behind bars since his arrest in July 2017.
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