Adeeb calls fresh terror trial a “big joke”
Adeeb labeled the trial a farce when a judge overruled his concerns of procedural irregularities
25 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
The Maldives’ ex Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has called a trial on fresh terror charges a “big joke.” He is being prosecuted over a weapons cache that was discovered submerged on a reef.
The 34-year-old is already serving a 33-year jail sentence on graft and terror charges.
Adeeb is standing trial with five others on charges of smuggling weapons, including hand grenades, firearms, bullets and semi automatic rifles, out of the state armoury and transporting the cache to Hibalhidhoo, an uninhabited island in central Baa Atoll.
He is accused under the 1990 Anti Terrorism Act with the “intent to kill or cause bodily harm to incite fear and terror,” “unauthorised import, use, storage, sale or interchange of explosives, ammunition and fire arms,” “intent to use explosives, ammunition, firearms and weapons to cause harm” and “use of terror tactics, force or threats to cause harm.”
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