Former prosecutor general faces charges of forgery, unlawful arrest
Former Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin was taken into police custody for a second time today after an appellate court overruled his release from remand. The prosecutor general’s office is now seeking charges of forgery and planning an unlawful arrest against him.
06 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
Former Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin was taken into police custody for a second time today after an appellate court overruled his release from remand last Friday.
Muhsin is facing prosecution over a charge of issuing a “fake” arrest warrant for President Abdulla Yameen over Maldives’ biggest ever corruption scandal.
The former chief prosecutor was first arrested on February 7 along with Judge Ahmed Nihan of the Alif Dhaalu Maamigili Court after police claimed they had discovered a plot to overthrow Yameen.
Their arrest came shortly after the auditor general’s office published a report revealing that US$80million was stolen from the state-owned Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation.
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