Anti-corruption watchdog under fire over ‘incomplete and overdue’ report
ACC president Luthfy is under investigation over alleged money laundering.
17 Feb 2019, 9:00 AM
The Anti-Corruption Commission has drawn fierce criticism over the long-awaited report of its probe into the country’s biggest corruption scandal.
The 776-page report published Thursday exposed politicians, prominent businesses and top government officials who conducted transactions with SOF Pvt Ltd, a company that was used to funnel US$90 million stolen from the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation.
Two ministers who received payments from SOF were promptly suspended as lawmakers and businesses named in the report claimed to have carried out legitimate currency exchange deals.
On Thursday night, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih questioned why it took the ACC nearly three years to release the report after the probe was concluded in July 2017.
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