Ex-president Yameen’s bank accounts frozen with US$6.5m
Yameen was questioned about about suspected illegal transactions.
16 Dec 2018, 9:00 AM
Former president Abdulla Yameen’s bank accounts have been frozen with more than MVR100 million (US$6.5 million) in US dollars and local currency, police revealed after he was questioned Saturday afternoon.
Yameen told reporters he was not accused of a crime and condemned the police summons as “politically motivated.”
Police asked about campaign contributions and US$1 million from a company linked to a massive corruption scandal under his watch. The donations were made to an account declared for campaign expenses since 2013, he said. In the other case, he referred the police to the statement he gave for an investigation conducted by the anti-corruption watchdog.
“Police did not tell us what was suspicious or illegal about any of these transactions,” his lawyer Azima Shukoor said.
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