Tuesday roundup: judge suspended ahead of ex-president’s verdict
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05 Nov 2019, 9:00 AM
The Judicial Service Commission suspended Judge Ahmed Hailam for sharing a cartoon of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and Speaker Mohamed Nasheed in chains.
Hailam continuing to hear cases while a probe into ethical misconduct was ongoing could cause public loss of confidence in the judiciary, the 10-member oversight body decided.
The suspension came hours before the criminal court’s chief judge was due to deliver a verdict in former president Abdulla Yameen’s money laundering trial. The final hearing scheduled for Tuesday afternoon was cancelled after the judge was suspended for two months.
Hailam refused to appear at a JSC investigation committee on Tuesday morning without a valid reason, the watchdog said. The judge told the commission to consider a press statement released on Monday night as his formal response.
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