04 Oct 2018, 9:00 AM
After more than a year in exile, Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim returned to the Maldives Thursday afternoon, days after the High Court ordered his release on bail.
Along with his wives and children, Gasim was greeted at the airport by president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and leaders of the joint opposition parties.
Throngs of jubilant supporters welcomed Gasim at the official jetty in Malé.
Gasim, MP of the Maamigili constituency and owner of the Villa business empire, was controversially found guilty of attempted bribery and sentenced to more than three years in prison in August last year.
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