President’s envoys visit Gasim in hospital
The visit came amid criticism over delays in authorising medical leave for the convicted opposition lawmaker. Azleen told the state broadcaster that Gasim will be allowed to travel overseas within two or three days.
29 Aug 2017, 9:00 AM
Home Minister Azleen Ahmed visited Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim in hospital Monday night as an envoy of the president amid criticism over delays in authorising medical leave for the convicted opposition lawmaker.
The 67-year-old business tycoon was found guilty of attempted bribery last Friday and sentenced in absentia to more than three years in prison while he remained hospitalised after collapsing inside the courthouse. Citing doctor’s advice for Gasim to be urgently flown overseas for tests unavailable in the Maldives, Judge Adam Arif also ordered the authorities in the midnight verdict to make arrangements for him to seek treatment overseas.
Azleen told the state broadcaster after the meeting that Gasim will be allowed to leave within two or three days. The home minister was accompanied by Mohamed Hussain Shareef ‘Mundhu,’ the newly appointed ambassador to Sri Lanka.
The head of the national cardiac centre at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital had warned last week that further delays “may result in life-threatening arrhythmia.”
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