‘This guy is gonna dump US$16bn’: MP Nihan’s leaked audio
A full translation of a leaked audio clip of Majority Leader Ahmed Nihan saying that the constitution was amended to facilitate the sale of Himithi in Faafu atoll to then-Deputy Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman Al Saud.
21 Aug 2017, 9:00 AM
At a rare press conference in mid-July, President Abdulla Yameen declared that opposition leaders must take the blame for the failure to secure a touted multi-million-dollar investment from the Saudi royal family, indicating that controversial plans to sell an island have been scrapped.
The following is the full translation of a leaked audio clip of Majority Leader Ahmed Nihan saying that the constitution was amended to facilitate the sale of Himithi in Faafu atoll to then-Deputy Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman Al Saud.
The audio was leaked a day before King Salman cancelled an official visit to the Maldives.
This is basically something starting with 2012. Around December, he came to stay at One and Only [Reethi Rah resort], and had hired an air taxi to view the Maldives aerially. While he was travelling, he saw an island that Maldivians wouldn’t go to – without a reason.
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