MDP ‘Hoara’ Ibbe’s sexual assault trial scheduled next month
28 Feb 2013, 7:39 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The trial against senior Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) activist and former Undersecretary of the President’s Office, Ibrahim Rasheed ‘Hoara Ibbe’, has been scheduled for next month.
Rasheed stands accused of sexually abusing a 17 year-old girl in December 2012.
The Criminal Court stated that the Prosecutor General had filed the case in the court on February 19.
The Criminal Court told the media that Rasheed was charged under article [c] of the Special Measure for Perpetrators of Child Sex Abuse Act of 2009, which states that perpetrators of child sex abuse can be sentenced up to 14 years.
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