Judge pleads not guilty to forgery, misconduct charges
A judge detained over a “fake” warrant to arrest President Abdulla Yameen in connection with the Maldives’ biggest corruption scandal has pleaded not guilty to charges of forgery, misconduct, and abuse of authority.
08 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
A judge detained over a “fake” warrant to arrest President Abdulla Yameen in connection with the Maldives’ biggest corruption scandal has pleaded not guilty to charges of forgery, misconduct, and abuse of authority.
At a hearing on Monday, Ahmed Nihan, senior judge of the Alif Dhaal Maamigili magistrate court, requested an opportunity to appoint a lawyer after the state presented the charges against him.
The presiding judge ordered the police to hold Nihan in detention until the end of the trial. He concluded the hearing without announcing the next trial date.
Nihan was arrested on February 7 along with former Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin after police claimed they had travelled by speedboat to Maamigili after midnight “to seek a court order to arrest President Abdulla Yameen and topple the government.”
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