Presidential Commission conducts enquiry into allegations against former President

The Presidential Commission has reported today that investigation of a case filed by some “private individuals” alleging that a huge sum of money from the state treasury had been spent, according to claims, on a cover up, following an accident and a death that occurred years ago in England in which Ghassan Maumoon, the former President Gayyoom’s son was involved. The Commission said that enquiries were being made into the matter with cooperation and help from the English authorities.

Abdulla Haseen, the spokesperson for the Commission told Sun today that Ghassan was involved in the accident in question and that many have filed complaints with the Commission requesting a thorough investigation in to the matter as public funds had been inappropriately used to save the day for Ghassan. “A man died in the accident, and Ghassan, former President Gayyoom’s son, was involved in the accident. Accusations have been made that Gayyoom’s government illegally used money from the government treasury to ensure that Ghassan was cleared out of the mess”, said Haseen. He also said that the enquiry had been going on for a long time and that the Commission had been obtaining full support from the British authorities, though he did not give any specifics about those authorities.

Haseen said that some senior officials who worked at the Ministry of Finance and the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) during the time of the incident had been questioned, and that more would be summoned for questioning in the future as well. He declined to give any details about how the funds were used. “Details about whether the money was used to ensure a cover-up, or to pay compensation to injured parties, or to stop an ongoing investigation, we cannot disclose at the moment”, said Haseen.

Speaking to Sun over the phone, Ghassan said tonight that the whole thing was a “big lie” and that the purpose of spreading the lie was to attack his father and disparage his reputation. He denied occurrence of any accidents during his stay in England for higher studies. “Such an accusation is as well against Britain as it is against my father. To whom did he give the money? To the Queen, or to the British Government?”, asked Ghassan.

Ghassan, the youngest and the most politically-active son of the former President also said that he was preparing to launch a lawsuit in response to the matter.