Corruption exposed in a damning audit of the Fenaka Corporation dominated headlines over the weekend. Between 2021 and 2023, the debt-ridden state-owned utility carried out several projects at inflated costs and awarded contracts worth MVR 1.4 billion (US$ 90 million) without competitive bidding processes. Police investigations are underway into the suspected misappropriation of MVR 2.2 billion, President Muizzu said on Friday night, pledging to enact a new asset recovery law. Ahmed Saeed, Fenaka's former managing director, meanwhile denied any wrongdoing. He is facing charges over the procurement rule violations in the purchase of a privately-owned ice plant.
The Malé City Council and Housing Development Corporation took down banners advertising the opposition MDP's mass protest planned for October 3.
New leaks from the #AdeebFiles were posted with police statements from the former vice president and his associate Mohamed Hussain 'Oittey,' who confessed to delivering bags of stolen cash to the president and others.
A 21-year-old Nepali woman working at a shop in Hulhumalé was stabbed and hospitalised on Saturday afternoon. The suspect, a 25-year-old Bangladeshi national identified as Jahangir Miah, was tracked down and arrested later that evening, police said.
Following her arrest on Wednesday on assault charges after allegedly forcibly entering a residence in Gaaf Dhaal Thinadhoo, using abusive language, and threatening a group of minors, Aminath Feyzleen, a 49-year-old popular TikTok content creator, was released after posting bail of MVR 10,000.
Inayath Ali, a presenter on state TV and radio, was among three suspects arrested in a counter-narcotics operation in Malé. The 34-year-old woman was taken into custody after police raided two homes and found 1,246 grams of drugs.
