PG takes dispute over Nasheed’s terrorism conviction to Supreme Court
The Prosecutor General said the High Court had clearly misapplied the law in rejecting an appeal filed to determine the credibility of a rapid criminal court trial against former President Mohamed Nasheed.
19 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM
The Prosecutor General’s is taking the dispute over a terrorism conviction against former President Mohamed Nasheed to the Supreme Court.
Muhthaz Muhsin said the High Court had clearly misapplied the law in rejecting its appeal on September 10.
The court had ruled the appeal was inadmissible because it had been filed by the state and not the former president.
President Abdulla Yameen is insisting that Nasheed exhaust all appeal processes before clemency could be considered.
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