Police arrest GIP council member Ahmed Faiz in Supreme Court Justice sex tape scandal
27 Jun 2013, 1:10 PM
A council member of President Dr Mohamed Waheed’s Gaumee Ihthihaad Party (GIP) and Project Advisor at the Housing Ministry, Ahmed Faiz, has been arrested and placed under remand detention for 15 days, police have confirmed.
According to local media reports, the former Maldives Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Managing Director and Deputy CEO of the Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) was arrested on Tuesday while trying to sell a sex tape of a Supreme Court Justice.
The Criminal Court on Wednesday afternoon (June 26) granted an extension of 15 days for Faiz’s detention.
A police media official told Minivan News that police could not divulge further details apart from confirming that Faiz was “arrested in connection with a case currently under investigation.”
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