Judge in ‘coup plot’ pleads not guilty to terrorism charge
A judge detained over a “forged” warrant to arrest President Abdulla Yameen in connection with the Maldives’ biggest corruption scandal pleaded not guilty to a corruption charge at a hearing Tuesday. Ahmed Nihan, senior judge of the Maamigili magistrate court, also pleaded not guilty to charges of abuse of authority, official misconduct, and forgery.
06 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
A judge detained over a “forged” warrant to arrest President Abdulla Yameen in connection with the Maldives’ biggest corruption scandal pleaded not guilty to a terrorism charge at a hearing Tuesday.
Ahmed Nihan, senior judge of the Maamigili magistrate court, also pleaded not guilty to charges of abuse of authority, official misconduct, and forgery.
The 30-year-old was arrested on February 7 along with former Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin after police claimed they had travelled to Maamigili after midnight “to seek a court order to arrest President Abdulla Yameen and topple the government.”
At the first hearing of his terrorism trial yesterday, prosecutors claimed Nihan had met with a group of people including Muhsin when they arrived in Maamigili by speedboat around 2:45am.
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