Transparency calls for ‘broad investigation’ after corruption exposé
Anti-corruption NGO Transparency Maldives has called for a broad and independent investigation into allegations raised in an Al Jazeera exposé about systemic corruption, abuse of power and criminal activity at the highest level of government.
13 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM
Anti-corruption NGO Transparency Maldives has called for a broad and independent investigation into allegations raised by Al Jazeera about systemic corruption, abuse of power and criminal activity at the highest level of government.
The allegations made in the ‘Stealing Paradise’ documentary were based on new evidence gathered from three mobile phones of President Abdulla Yameen’s jailed former deputy. It also featured secretly filmed confessions by three associates of former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb about delivering stolen cash to the president.
“Transparency Maldives believes that the widespread impunity in cases of corruption and the abuse of power is a consequence of the powers of the state being held in the firm grip of a few powerful people,” the local chapter of the global anti-corruption organisation said in a statement.
“As a result, fundamental rights are curtailed and the developmental pace of the country is also greatly decelerated.”
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