Government orders ex-defence minister to cut short Singapore medical trip
The home ministry has ordered former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim to cut short a medical trip to Singapore and return to the Maldives to serve the remainder of his 11-year jail sentence.
02 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
The home ministry has ordered former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim to cut short a medical trip to Singapore and return to the Maldives to serve the remainder of his 11-year jail sentence.
The retired colonel was ordered by the Maldives Correctional Service on Friday to return to Malé today, April 2, one week earlier than the 21-day period of medical leave granted last month.
Nazim’s brother, Adam Azim, said that the order came after the family requested the MCS to extend Nazim’s medical leave by three more weeks for the treatment of varicose veins.
An MCS official confirmed the order, but said the home ministry had not stated a reason for reducing the period for medical leave.
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