Imran taken back into police custody
The Adhaalath Party president’s transfer to prison, just a day after the criminal court chief judge placed him under house arrest, was based on a secret intelligence report and points to a rift within the criminal court.
06 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
Sheikh Imran Abdulla, the president of the religious conservative Adhaalath Party, was taken back into police custody this evening, just a day after the chief judge of the criminal court authorized his transfer from a high security prison to house arrest.
Judge Abdul Bari Yoosuf cited a secret police intelligence report at today’s surprise hearing in authorizing Imran’s transfer to police custody.
“We could not make any arguments in our defence, because we do not know what was said in the intelligence report,” Imran’s lawyer Ali Zahir told the press tonight.
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