SOF leaks whistleblower freed
“Take risks for the sake of this nation. I have done my part,” Gasim said on being freed from jail
18 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM
Gasim Abdul Kareem, the whistle-blower found guilty of leaking documents revealing how tens of millions of dollars of public money was stolen by a private company, was freed on Thursday.
The former Bank of Maldives official, 50, was handed an eight month and 12 day jail sentence for data theft and illegal disclosure on Tuesday, but was released on Thursday as he has spent nearly nine months in pre-trial detention.
He had spent two nights in a jail in Malé.
“Take risks for the sake of this nation. I have done my part,” Gasim told Raajje TV on leaving the Malé Jail on Thursday.
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