Yameen hits back at corruption allegations
The president’s office has hit back at allegations of President Abdulla Yameen’s involvement in misappropriating funds from tourism leases, insisting that rumors of state funds being deposited in the president’s personal bank accounts were baseless.
25 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
The president’s office has hit back at allegations of President Abdulla Yameen’s involvement in the misappropriation of state funds from tourism leases, insisting that rumors of payments being deposited in the president’s personal bank accounts were baseless.
Photos of several cheques made out to the state-owned Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation have been circulating online, with opposition supporters claiming the cheques were deposited in Yameen’s bank accounts.
The scandal, possibly the biggest-ever case of graft in Maldivian history, has already embroiled the former vice president, ministers and MPs of the ruling and opposition parties.
Up to to US$100 million may be missing. Yameen’s former deputy Ahmed Adeeb and the former head of the MMPRC are now standing trial for corruption. The two were charged with graft only after their arrest on suspicion of links to a mysterious blast on Yameen’s speedboat in September.
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