Witnesses ‘under pressure’ in Yameen Rasheed murder trial
Secret witnesses were “being influenced,” the prosecutor told the court.
21 Aug 2019, 9:00 AM
Hassan Mohamed
State witnesses are under pressure not to testify in the trial of blogger Yameen Rasheed’s murder, a prosecutor told the criminal court on Wednesday.
Three secret police witnesses were due to appear at court but only two attended, Judge Ali Rasheed Hussain announced at the start of Wednesday’s hearing.
Defence lawyers objected to taking their testimony on the grounds that they were not informed of the change in the witnesses who were due to testify.
In response, prosecutor Ibrahim Zihunee told the court that state witnesses were reluctant and fearful about testifying.
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