High Court releases suspects arrested over DMC fraud investigation
21 Feb 2013, 4:11 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The High Court has released the five people arrested in connection with a MVR 24 million (US$1.55 million) corruption investigation involving the Disaster Management Centre (DMC).
The suspects arrested included the Former Head of Disaster Management Centre Abdulla Shahid and the brother of the Speaker of Parliament.
The five individually appealed in the High Court arguing that the Criminal Court’s decision to extend their detention was unlawful.
The High Court ruled there was no need to keep the five detained as the suspects were arrested after their statements had already been obtained, and because the case was already being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Auditor General.
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