Ex MP denies bribing president, judges to avoid jail sentence
Former MP Abdulla Jabir has denied paying MVR10 million (US$648,500) to President Abdulla Yameen to influence the outcome of his trial in early 2014 after the opposition-aligned station Raajje TV aired a phone conversation between the resort businessmen and former Tourism Minister Ahmed Adeeb.
16 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
Former MP Abdulla Jabir has denied paying MVR10 million (US$648,500) to President Abdulla Yameen to influence the outcome of his trial in early 2014 after the opposition-aligned station Raajje TV aired a phone conversation between the resort businessmen and then-Tourism Minister Ahmed Adeeb.
In the leaked audio, Jabir is heard saying that Yameen had instructed him to call Adeeb to speak to the police chief about his case.
“I want you to tell [criminal court chief judge Abdulla Mohamed] not to mess with me. How much do you need to manage this? What should I do? The money is with me. Yameen says Adeeb is my brother,” Jabir is heard saying to an agreeable Adeeb.
The audio clip was leaked by main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party Chairperson Ali Waheed during an interview on Monday night. The conversation appears to have been recorded in 2013, before Jabir was sentenced to one year in prison in February 2014 for refusing to provide a urine sample to the police.
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