MP Didi’s new lawyer gets two weeks to prepare for terrorism trial
The retired brigadier general’s trial has been stalled since August after his first lawyer was suspended over a judicial reform petition. A second lawyer withdrew from the case earlier this month for personal reasons.
23 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM
Opposition MP Ibrahim Mohamed Didi’s terrorism trial over the military’s detention of the criminal court’s former chief judge in January 2012 resumed Monday with new legal counsel.
The retired brigadier general’s trial has been stalled since August after his first lawyer was suspended over a judicial reform petition. A second lawyer withdrew from the case earlier this month for personal reasons.
“I went to the hearing with my new lawyer Safa [Shareef] today. She requested for time to gather more information about the case as well as for coordination with the [Prosecutor General’s office] and the court over past proceedings,” Didi told the Maldives Independent.
Judge Ali Adam granted her request and scheduled the next hearing for November 9.
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