Ex vice president, top tourism official charged with corruption
Adeeb is accused of abuse of power over the lease of a lagoon in Malé atoll to a foreign company. His associate, Abdulla Ziyath, former head of the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), has been charged with embezzling acquisition fees from islands leased for resort development.
06 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
The Prosecutor General’s Office has filed corruption charges against impeached Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and the former head of the government’s tourism promotion office over the illegal lease of islands for resort development.
Adeeb is accused of abuse of power over the lease of a lagoon in Malé atoll to a foreign company. Abdulla Ziyath, former managing director of the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation, was charged with embezzlement.
Hisham Wajeeh, PG office spokesperson, told The Maldives Independent that Adeeb was charged under section 513(b) of the penal code, “which prohibits the use of power and authority granted to an individual by the state for his or her personal gain.”
Adeeb is under custody on suspicion of plotting to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen with a bomb of his speedboat. His arrest on October 24 upon his return from an official trip to China plunged the Maldives into a fresh political crisis.
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