Soldiers convicted of evidence-tampering in boat blast freed
Two soldiers convicted of thwarting an investigation into the explosion on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat were freed Wednesday.
25 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Two soldiers convicted of thwarting an investigation into the explosion on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat were freed Wednesday.
Ahmed Thiham and Moosa Zameer were sentenced last week to four months and 24 days on a misdemeanor charge of obstructing justice.
But they were freed as they had been kept detained for more than eight months, a prisons official said.
The pair were arrested in October and kept detained for the duration of the investigation and trial, which lasted more than eight months.
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