Opposition MP charged with terrorism
The retired brigadier general was previously put on trial along with former President Mohamed Nasheed over the military’s detention of the criminal court’s chief judge but the Prosecutor General had withdrawn the case in July 2015.
04 Jul 2017, 9:00 AM
MP Ibrahim Mohamed Didi of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party is facing trial on a terrorism charge over the military’s detention of the criminal court’s former chief judge in January 2012.
Didi, who was the military’s Malé area commander at the time, was previously put on trial along with former President Mohamed Nasheed in early 2015.
But the Prosecutor General’s office withdrew the case in July 2015 before the court was due to hear witnesses. The move followed the acquittal of former Chief of Defence Forces Moosa Ali Jaleel and former Colonel Mohamed Ziyad on the same terrorism charge.
The PG office spokesman was not responding to calls as of press time. According to local media, the case was filed at the criminal court on May 25.
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