Gasim’s bribery trial resumes after hospital stay
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim’s trial on charges of attempting to bribe lawmakers restarted Tuesday, a day after he was released from a nine-day stay at the hospital.
26 Jul 2017, 9:00 AM
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim’s trial on charges of attempting to bribe lawmakers restarted Tuesday, a day after he was released from a nine-day stay at the hospital.
The 65-year-old opposition lawmaker was hospitalised with low blood pressure on July 16 hours before the first hearing of the bribery trial.
The Prosecutor General’s office filed the bribery charges for the second time after the criminal court threw out the case earlier this month when state prosecutors failed to show up at court.
On Tuesday afternoon, Judge Adam Arif, the acting chief judge, decided that the previous trial will resume, despite defence lawyers insisting that the new criminal procedures law requires a new trial with preliminary hearings.
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