Government transferred tsunami money to Denmark, alleges budget committee
24 Dec 2009, 7:30 PM
Money intended to rebuild houses in Meemu atoll Kolhufushi after tsunami damage was instead sent to another country via telex transfer, chairman of budget review committee Ahmed Nazim alleged last night.
Nazim claimed that Rf 256 million (US$20 million) allocated to the reconstruction project in the supplementary budget on 20 April 2009 had been sent overseas 18 days earlier.
“This was done in violation of the budget passed by the People’s Majlis,” reads the budget committee report.
The Rf256 million was originally earmarked for purchasing shares of the Maldives Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC), but was reallocated to construct houses in Meemu Kolhufushi and Thaa Madifushi, two islands devastated by the tsunami.
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