Watchdog denies withdrawing case against president
The Financial Intelligence Unit contradicted the president’s spokesman.
02 Oct 2018, 9:00 AM
The central bank’s Financial Intelligence Unit has denied withdrawing any cases sent to investigative bodies, contradicting claims made by the president’s spokesman.
In a series of tweets, spokesman Ibrahim Muaz Ali claimed a letter sent to the police by the money-laundering watchdog was taken back.
He was responding to an Al Jazeera report about the FIU informing police of US$1.5 million deposited into President Abdulla Yameen’s private bank account at the Maldives Islamic Bank.
“No report, letter or any such information sent by the unit has ever been withdrawn,” the FIU said in a statement Tuesday evening, hours after Muaz claimed otherwise.
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