Ex-President Yameen summoned by police

Former Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has been sent summons instructing him to present himself to the police headquarters on Monday afternoon.

Sun has been informed Yameen was instructed to present himself to the police headquarters at 02:00 pm.

Yameen was summoned by police for re-questioning in connection to the money laundering case against him over the sale of V. Aarah for resort development last July.

It is believed his summons this Monday is also in connection to the same case.

Jameel, in an interview to the press after Yameen was summoned by police in July, questioned why the opposition leader was being re-questioned in a case the police had already investigated.

Jameel said the police told the lawyers Yameen was being requestioned at the instructions of the Prosecutor General, because he wasn’t issued his legal warning in accordance with the law when the police originally took his statement in the case.

Jameel said the lawyers asked the police to provide legal basis for their decision to re-question Yameen, but they were denied the opportunity to pursue the issue.

Police concluded their investigation into USD 1 million deposit from the sale of Aarah to Yameen’s personal bank account, and requested the Prosecutor General’s Office for money laundering and bribery charges against him back in April

Yameen is already serving a five-year prison sentence for money laundering, after he was convicted of laundering USD 1 million from the sale of GA. Vodamula on November 28, 2019.

He was also fined USD 5 million in the case.

Yameen was serving his sentence in Maafushi Prison, but was transferred to home confinement following an outbreak of COVID-19 at the  prison in April.