Jailed ex-MP in Singapore for medical treatment
Nazim was unable to leave as scheduled last Sunday despite permission from the Maldives Correctional Services. The department of immigration had seized his passport on orders from Supreme Court in early February this year.
13 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
Jailed former MP Ahmed Nazim left to Singapore on Thursday to undergo a locally unavailable test on his nerves after a court hold on his passport was lifted.
The prisons authority granted the former deputy speaker a 15-day leave to seek medical treatment.
Nazim, a former close associate of President Abdulla Yameen, was admitted at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital on November 10. In April this year the Supreme Court in a controversial verdict sentenced him to 25 years in jail on a corruption charge.
His lawyer Fareesha Abdulla told the Maldives Independent that two weeks is not enough time for proper treatment.
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