MP Saud charged with terrorism
Saud is the fourth lawmaker to face criminal prosecution since the four-party opposition coalition secured a majority in the parliament to impeach Speaker Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed.
01 Aug 2017, 9:00 AM
Jailed MP Saud Hussain has been charged with terrorism over an alleged plot to assassinate High Court Judge Shujau Usman.
The Prosecutor General’s office spokesman said the MP for the Villigili constituency was “charged with planning to commit an act of terrorism.” Ibrahim Haneef, a former senior policy executive at the education ministry and reportedly a close associate of Saud, was also charged in connection with the assassination plot.
The cases were filed in the criminal court on July 20, the spokesman said.
Haneef was arrested on the terrorism charge in early April and released to house arrest more than a month later. Newspaper Mihaaru reported at the time that Haneef was suspected of planning to hire a gang to assault and kill the high court judge.
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