Opposition leader questioned by police
30 Jun 2009, 11:56 AM
Maryam Omidi
An opposition party leader was taken into police custody for questioning today after failing to respond to a summons from a controversial presidential commission investigating corruption.
People’s Alliance leader Abdulla Yamin was questioned by police for more than three hours over why he ignored the summons.
Addressing press this evening, Yamin said he did not exercise his right to remain silent: “I said I am not a criminal, I came here to give information, I do not want to remain silent.”
The six-member commission was launched by the President Mohamed Nasheed in May to investigate a series of damning audit reports revealing widespread corruption under the former government, including a report on the State Trading Organisation (STO) when Yamin was chairman of the board.
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