Adeeb seeks medical leave from prison
Jailed former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has sought permission to travel overseas for the treatment of glaucoma, kidney stones and internal cysts.
29 May 2017, 9:00 AM
Jailed former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has sought permission to travel overseas for the treatment of glaucoma, kidney stones and internal cysts.
“His eyes are worsening by the day due to glaucoma. Adeeb’s family is also extremely concerned about the internal cysts because his brother died from cancer formed from a cyst,” his lawyer Moosa Siraj told the Maldives Independent.
Ahmed Lugman, the spokesman of the Maldives Correctional Services, said the prisons authority is not presently responsible for Adeeb as he was transferred to a police custodial centre in March.
“As long as he is in the custody of police there is nothing we can do about this,” he said.
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