Army officers suspended over corruption scandal
A major and sergeant were suspected of involvement in the country’s biggest corruption scandal.
21 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM
Two senior officers of the Maldives military were suspended Wednesday over suspicion of involvement in the country’s biggest corruption scandal.
Major Naveen Zubair and Sergeant Ismail Shakeeb were both “asked to stay home” starting from Wednesday, Maldives National Defence Force spokesman Ibrahim Azim told Maldives Independent.
The disciplinary action was taken in relation to an inquiry launched after the release of an Anti-Corruption Commission report in February, he added.
The long-awaited report named several individuals who received payments from SOF Pvt Ltd, a company that was used to channel the bulk of US$90 million stolen from resort acquisition fees paid to the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation.
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