Justice Didi leaves Maldives for medical treatment

Supreme Court Justice Abdulla Didi, who is under investigation by Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for multiple unethical conducts, has travelled out of Maldives for medical treatment.

‘Sun’ has been informed Didi departed to Malaysia last Friday evening.

In addition to being investigated by JSC for unethical conduct, the justice is also under investigation by Maldives Police Service in connection to bribery and the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) embezzlement and money laundering case.

During the open inquiry held on Didi by JSC on June 20, JSC read a letter supplied to the commission by Maldives Police Service which says the agency has evidence of bribes taken by judges to influence rulings in court cases against politicians starting from 2014. It also says that Didi is on the list of people who were sent money from suspects who embezzled funds from MMPRC for suspicious reasons.

It also said that an unnamed ‘Witness 1’ testified to supplying both Maldivian Rufiya and US dollars to Didi at the orders of an unnamed ‘Suspect 1’, which was corroborated in interviews by investigators with ‘Suspect 1’.

Maldives Police Service also provided text messages exchanged between a mobile phone number registered to Didi and ‘Suspect 1’, and ‘Suspect 1’ and ‘Witness 1’ as evidence.

In a text sent by Didi to ‘Suspect 1’ on July 12, 2017, Didi said he was travelling abroad and needed US dollars.

Didi was later on a list of people who needed to be sent USD dollars texted by ‘Suspect 1’ to ‘Witness 1’.

Maldives Police Service said in its letter that review of ‘Suspect 1’s chat history proved Didi and ‘Suspect 1’ had met in person.

The evidence provided by Maldives Police Service is being used by JSC in its investigation into Didi for unethical conduct.

Didi, during JSC’s open inquiry, had dodged all of the commission’s questions, but later submitted the answers in writing.