Second hearing in top tourism official’s graft charges postponed
A second hearing in graft charges against Abdulla Ziyath, a tourism official and close associate of former vice president Ahmed Adeeb, was cancelled today because the presiding judge is on leave.
11 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
A second hearing in graft charges against Abdulla Ziyath, a tourism official and close associate of former vice president Ahmed Adeeb, was cancelled today because the presiding judge is on leave.
Abdulla Mohamed, the chief judge of the criminal court, is overseeing the case. He is expected back at work this week, a spokesman said.
Ziyath, who heads the state owned tourism promotion firm, the Maldives Marketing and Promotion Corporation, is accused of embezzling public funds from resort leases.
He was arrested in October in the wake of a mysterious blast on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat. The MMPRC has been at the centre of the boat blast probe. The government says bomb-making material may have been smuggled on a fireworks shipment imported by the company.
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