High Court concludes hearings of Deputy Speaker Nazim’s case ahead of final verdict
16 Jun 2013, 7:19 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The High Court today concluded hearing witness statements in the state’s appeal of Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ahmed Nazim acquittal by the Criminal Court on charges of corruption, ahead of delivering a final verdict at a later date.
Nazim stands accused of receiving more than US$400,000 through fraudulent transactions made by a company he was found to own.
At today’s hearing, the prosecution lawyer noted that the Criminal Court had previously dismissed the testimonies of witnesses submitted by the state against Nazim. The High Court would now decide on whether to take the witness statements into account before a final verdict on the case is delivered.
The Criminal Court ruled in February last year that the witnesses submitted to the court were all staffs at a company called NAMIRA, which is owned by Nazim and at the centre of the alleged corruption. The court concluded at the time that staff involved in the alleged fraud could not be presented as witnesses and dismissed their statements.
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