President ‘halted’ central bank inquiry into money laundering
The opposition has renewed calls for Yameen’s arrest, claiming it has new evidence he instructed the central bank to halt an inquiry into the Maldives’ biggest ever corruption scandal.
21 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
The opposition has renewed calls for President Abdulla Yameen’s arrest, claiming it has new evidence he instructed the central bank to halt an inquiry into the Maldives’ biggest ever corruption scandal.
The Maldives United Opposition’s spokesman, MP Ahmed Mahloof, alleged today that the Maldives Monetary Authority alerted Yameen on the theft of public funds from tourism leases long before the scandal broke out last year.
But the president scuttled the inquiry, he told the press outside the police headquarters.
Some US$80million paid as acquisition fees for tourism leases had been siphoned off since Yameen assumed power, according to an audit report issued in February. The president has denied involvement, claiming his former deputy alone was to blame.
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