Key witness retracts bribery allegation against Faris
The prosecution’s key witness in MP Faris Maumoon’s bribery trial told the court on Monday that he did not take or ask for any money to back the opposition’s bid to impeach the parliament speaker.
12 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM
The prosecution’s key witness in MP Faris Maumoon’s bribery trial told the court on Monday that he did not take or ask for any money to back the opposition’s bid to impeach the parliament speaker.
Testifying anonymously, the lawmaker said he signed the no-confidence motion last year at the behest of Faris’s father, former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
“I was not bribed to do it. I did it because of the respect I have for Gayoom,” he said.
The witness said he lied to the police about the alleged intermediary Ahmed Shafiu offering him bribe money because he was angry that a photo of him signing the no-confidence motion was leaked on social media.
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