Politics

Court to hear appeal of vice president’s detention today

The High Court will review today Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s detention on suspicion of links to an alleged assassination attempt on President Abdulla Yameen. The hearing is scheduled for 4:45pm.

01 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
The High Court will review today Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s detention on suspicion of links to an alleged assassination attempt on President Abdulla Yameen.
The hearing will take place at 4:45pm today.
Adeeb was arrested on October 24 from the airport on a charge of terrorism, weapons possession and plotting a coup d’état, his lawyer Hussain Shameem has said
The criminal court had extended his remand to 15 days.

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