Former MMPRC chief faces new corruption charges
The ACC has asked the chief prosecutor to press corruption charges and initiate legal proceedings against Abdulla Ziyath to seize a plot of land he bought from public funds embezzled from MMPRC
14 Dec 2016, 9:00 AM
The Anti-Corruption Commission has asked the chief prosecutor to press corruption charges and initiate legal proceedings against Abdulla Ziyath to seize a plot of land he bought from public funds embezzled from the state-owned tourism promotion firm, the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation.
The former managing director of MMPRC, who is already serving an eight-year sentence on charges of graft, had swapped the island of Mathiveri Finolhu for a house in Malé’s suburb in 2014, the ACC said.
The island in North Ari Atoll was sold to an unnamed man for US$400,000.
Some MVR5million (US$324,254) of the amount was returned to the same man for a plot of land in Hulhumalé, the ACC said, and registered in Ziyath’s cousin’s name.
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