A 2,973-page report containing data from former vice president Ahmed Adeeb’s iPhone was leaked online by anonymous X user Jubraan Shareef. The files, retrieved by UK forensic firm Faraday Forensics, feature messages sent to Adeeb by both current and former government officials and politicians. Messages from Adeeb’s iPhones were previously featured in the 2016 Al Jazeera documentary, Stealing Paradise.
The Civil Service Commission appointed senior civil servants to a five-member interim committee of the newly established Media and Broadcast Commission. The appointees are Youth Ministry DG Ali Zaki, Local Government Ministry DG Ahmed Mausoom, Economic Ministry DG Aminath Shahidha, Islamic Ministry DG Aminath Naseer, and Imad Mohamed, Chief Corporate Executive of the National Archives.
President Muizzu revealed the migrant worker population in the Maldives is now estimated to be nearly 200,000. He said an operation launched last year to gather biometric data has so far recorded information from 178,000 migrant workers across the country.
The Anti-Corruption Commission confirmed it is investigating a MVR 631 million (US$ 41 million) project awarded to Rasheed Carpentry and Construction to build council buildings in 55 islands without an open bidding process. RCC – a company linked to MP Mohamed Nazim and Attorney General Ahmed Usham’s family – was awarded the project after terminating an earlier agreement with Malaysian company Hextar Global.
The Maldives Qualification Authority warned Maldivian students it will not recognise certain tertiary programmes offered in Sri Lanka through partnerships with foreign institutions, that fail to meet the standards set by Sri Lanka’s Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission.
The State Electric Company said power outages in several towers in Hulhumalé Phase Two on early Sunday morning were caused by sabotage of power substations, which led to the shutdown of the network feeder.
The central bank’s Financial Intelligence Unit flagged a suspicious February deposit of MVR 1.7 million (US$ 110,000) from former prosecutor general Muhuthaz Muhsin into the account of ruling party MP Mohamed Sinan, Adhadhu reported, citing a leaked FIU report. The funds were used by MP Sinan to settle an overdue loan with Maldives Islamic Bank following a case filed to remove him from parliament over unpaid debt.
