Tourism promotion office reopens after shut down
The Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation’s office was closed for nine days while the police investigated the state-owned corporation’s illegal import of fireworks and alleged corruption in leasing islands for resort development.
28 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
The state-owned Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation’s (MMPRC) office was reopened this morning, nine days after it was shut down by the security services in the investigation of a blast on the president’s speedboat.
A police spokesman told The Maldives Independent that MMPRC staff have now been authorised to enter the offices on the 4th floor of Velaanage.
“Although MMPRC employees are allowed inside, police personnel are still working inside the office for investigative purposes,” he said.
Following Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s arrest on suspicion of plotting to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen, the president said in a public address that his deputy had misappropriated funds from the MMPRC to gain influence over the police force.
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