Yameen: There’s room suspect it’s MMPRC money

Former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has said that there is room to suspect that the USD 1 million deposited to his account at MIB by the SOF company was embezzled from the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC).

President Yameen presented himself to the Maldives Police Service today at 1:30 p.m.for questioning. Yameen was summoned by the police for questioning regarding a money laundering case on 15 December 2018.

After four hours at the police station, Yameen talked to the press in front of his residence saying that the money transferred to his account could be the money stolen from MMPRC.

The former President said that the money transferred to his account from SOF has not been confirmed as the money from MMPRC by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) or any other investigative body.

Yameen said that an agreement was made with ACC and himself on 25 March giving ACC some control over the money in good faith, at a separate account, for the money to remain untouched until the end of the investigation or a court decision.