MDP chairperson reiterates corruption allegations against Yameen
The MDP’s self-exiled chairperson appeared on Raajje TV Sunday night with new corruption allegations against President Abdulla Yameen, days after the broadcasting regulator reprimanded the opposition-aligned station for airing “unproven allegations” against the first couple.
03 May 2016, 9:00 AM
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party’s self-exiled chairperson appeared on Raajje TV Sunday night with new corruption allegations against President Abdulla Yameen, days after the broadcasting regulator reprimanded the opposition-aligned station for airing “unproven allegations” against the first couple.
Raajje TV was ordered to stop its popular talk show, Fala Surukhee, if it was unwilling to broadcast the show with a five-minute delay. The reconstituted Maldives Broadcasting Commission claimed a February 9 interview with Ali Waheed carried “unsubstantiated lies.”
The former MP had challenged Yameen to dispute evidence showing that a local company implicated in the Maldives biggest ever corruption scandal had deposited US$500,000 to his bank account at the Maldives Islamic Bank.
Appearing on the talk show Sunday night – which was broadcast with a delay – Waheed claimed Yameen has been depositing “suitcases of black money” in Singaporean banks, including the United Overseas Bank.
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