Youth minister’s suspension lifted
Mahloof was suspended over transactions with a company implicated in the country’s biggest corruption scandal.
16 Apr 2019, 9:00 AM
Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment Ahmed Mahloof returned to work Tuesday more than two months after he was suspended over transactions with a company implicated in the country’s biggest corruption scandal.
The former lawmaker was among several individuals named in a long-awaited report by the Anti-Corruption Commission into the theft of US$90 million from the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation.
According to the investigation report, several politicians, lawmakers and prominent businesses received large sums of money to their bank accounts from SOF Pvt Ltd, a company that was used to funnel the bulk of the funds stolen from the MMPRC.
Hours after the report was released on February 14, Mahloof was asked to stay home until an investigation was concluded.
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