Ex-president Yameen confident of acquittal
Yameen said he “can’t be touched” if the trial is fair.
14 Nov 2019, 9:00 AM
Former president Abdulla Yameen on Wednesday night expressed confidence of an acquittal on money laundering charges if he was afforded a fair trial.
Speaking at an event held to welcome former MP ‘Colonel’ Mohamed Nasheed and new recruits to the Progressive Party of Maldives, Yameen said there was no cause for concern about the verdict as he “cannot be touched” if the trial was conducted fairly.
“I’m saying I’m not concerned because I know I have not taken a single coin from the treasury,” the 60-year-old opposition leader told supporters at the PPM office.
Yameen said he was “wealthy enough” to not have any need to steal from state coffers and put his family through the ordeal of a criminal prosecution. “The money I had at the time would have exceeded US$1 million,” he said.
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