Ex-MP flees Singapore after order to return to prison
Ahmed Nazim, a former MP with the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives who was allowed to travel to Singapore on medical-leave from prison, has left the country and traveled to the United Kingdom, The Maldives Independent understands.
07 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
Ahmed Nazim, a former MP with the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives who was allowed to travel to Singapore on medical leave from prison, has left the country and traveled to the United Kingdom, The Maldives Independent understands.
Nazim’s departure comes after the home ministry rejected a request to extend his medical leave.
The ex-MP, a former close associate of President Abdulla Yameen, was handed a 25-year jail sentence on corruption charges last April.
He traveled to Singapore on December 10 for a spinal surgery. He left this week, according to credible sources.
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