Yameen, adviser to appear in court over money laundering
Ex-president and his former adviser Azima Shakoor will be tried separately on Thursday.
10 Jul 2019, 9:00 AM
Hassan Mohamed
Former resident Abdulla Yameen and his adviser Azima Shakoor have been summoned to appear in court over money laundering charges.
Yameen and Shakoor will be tried separately at the criminal court on Thursday.
Yameen was charged with receiving US$1 million stolen from the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation, which appeared in his personal account at the Maldives Islamic Bank.
The police also claim that Yameen received an additional $1.4 million from an undisclosed source. He had more than $6.4 million in his bank accounts.
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