Former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb


Adeeb charged over escape attempt
The former vice president was charged with obstruction of justice.
28 Aug 2019, 9:00 AM


Maldives ex-VP arrested again after court ordered release
Adeeb’s previous arrest in international waters was declared unlawful.
05 Aug 2019, 9:00 AM


India sends back asylum-seeking ex-vice president to Maldives
Adeeb was handed over to Maldivian authorities at the maritime border.
03 Aug 2019, 9:00 AM


Adeeb seeks medical leave from prison
Jailed former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has sought permission to travel overseas for the treatment of glaucoma, kidney stones and internal cysts.
29 May 2017, 9:00 AM


Adeeb’s lawyer slams report of escape attempt
Jailed former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s lawyer has slammed a report in Vnews alleging that his client was transferred to a police custodial centre Wednesday after an attempt to escape from the high-security Maafushi prison.
12 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM


Adeeb shown Al Jazeera’s corruption exposé in jail
According to Adeeb’s lawyer, the ACC investigators asked “general questions” about secretly filmed confessions by three of Adeeb’s associates featured in the Stealing Paradise documentary about delivering stolen cash to the president.
03 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM


Al Jazeera corruption exposé dismissed as ‘defamatory and biased’
The government has dismissed an explosive Al Jazeera corruption exposé aired on Wednesday as defamatory and biased, accusing the Qatari broadcaster of advancing the opposition’s agenda to oust President Abdulla Yameen.
08 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM


Lawyers question charges raised over weapons cache
Lawyers representing jailed former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and former Colonel Ahmed Fayaz ‘Papa’ have challenged the validity of charges raised against the pair in relation to an arms cache discovered submerged in a reef last November.
04 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM


Adeeb questioned over stolen funds in president’s account
Adeeb’s lawyer confirmed to The Maldives Independent that his client was questioned last week by the Anti-Corruption Commission about the large sums deposited to the president’s account at the Maldives Islamic Bank.
27 Jul 2016, 9:00 AM


Closed hearings for concluding arguments in Adeeb’s boat blast trial
The criminal court refused entry to reporters and members of the public today to observe closing arguments in former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s terrorism trials.
07 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM


Evidence submitted to prove Adeeb planned to flee after boat blast
A forensic analysis of the former vice president’s mobile phone “shows that Adeeb had used his phone to search online for ways to assassinate the president using chemicals or explosives and that he had searched for ways to flee the country and obtain a visa from another country,” the state prosecutor explained.
28 May 2016, 9:00 AM


Adeeb questioned over kidnapping of Swiss millionaire
The former vice president’s lawyer Moosa Siraj said his client was accused of masterminding the kidnapping of Christopher Peter Nikola on September 3, 2015 from a private residence in Switzerland and demanding a US$3 million ransom.
27 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM


ACC seeks prosecution of ex-vice president over US$6m corruption scandal
The anti-corruption watchdog has asked the Prosecutor General’s office to press charges against jailed former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb over a US$6 million corruption scandal exposed in an October 2014 audit report of the state-owned tourism promotion company.
13 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM


Trials begin for boat blast suspects
Former Colonel Ahmed Fayaz ‘Papa,’ who is accused of ordering two explosives experts to remove evidence from the Finifenma speedboat immediately after the mysterious explosion, told the court today that he was following orders from Chief of Defence Forces Major General Ahmed Shiyam.
30 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM


Adeeb oversaw theft of US$5m resort lease payment, contends prosecution
The embezzlement of US$5 million paid for leasing the island of Mabinhura in Lhaviyani atoll was carried out on the instructions of detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, state prosecutors told the criminal court today.
14 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM


Adeeb transferred from high-security prison to police custody
Former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb was abruptly transferred from Maafushi prison to the police detention centre on the island of Dhoonidhoo last night. “We were not notified of the transfer or given a reason why he was being transferred,” said Adeeb’s lawyer Moosa Siraj.
08 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM


Adeeb pleads not guilty to corruption charges
Former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb pleaded not guilty today at the second hearing of his trial on charges of abuse of authority over millions missing from resort lease payments.
20 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM


Adeeb’s military bodyguard arrested in boat blast probe
The police have arrested former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s military bodyguard on suspicion of involvement in the September 28 blast on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat.
19 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM


Adeeb’s lawyers question validity of terror charges
Detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb cannot be prosecuted on suspicion of carrying a weapon under the now-repealed 1990 anti-terrorism law, his lawyers have contended.
12 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM


Former Vice President, top tourism official face fresh corruption charges
The Prosecutor General’s office has meanwhile filed money laundering charges against Hamid Ismail – an influential businessman related to detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb – at the criminal court this morning. According to the police, acquisition fees paid to the government’s tourism promotion company for a resort lease were deposited into the accounts of a company linked to Hamid, instead of the state treasury.
04 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM