Sun Shiyam’s alcohol possession trial delayed again
19 May 2014, 6:55 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
The second hearing in the alcohol possession and smuggling trial of Maldives Development Alliance (MDA) leader and MP Ahmed ‘Sun’ Shiyam has been cancelled for the third time in two months.
According to the Criminal Court, a scheduled hearing was cancelled today as the court was unable to deliver the summons chit.
Media reports that the presiding judge has been changed have today been denied by the court.
In March 2012, customs officers at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA) discovered a bottle of alcohol in the MP’s luggage. After a police investigation, the case was forwarded to the Prosecutor General’s (PG) Office in August 2012 before being returned to police due to incomplete information.
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