Criminal Court delays religious scholar Sheikh Fareed’s trial
27 May 2014, 4:00 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Criminal Court has decided to delay the trial of controversial religious scholar Sheikh Ibrahim Fareed after the state lawyers told the court they wanted to withdraw the case.
According to local media, state lawyers told the Prosecutor Genral’s (PG) Office had decided to withdraw the case because too much time has passed since Fareed had committed the offense.
Sheikh Fareed was charged for conducting religious sermons in some islands of Haa Dhaalu Atoll after the government cancelled his permission to preach in 2007. The last hearing in to the case was held on 30 January 2011.
Lawyers told the Criminal Court that the PG Office had sent letters to the court informing of the decision to withdraw charges, but the court had refused to accept the letters. Instead, the letters were handed to the judge during today’s hearing.
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