EX-MALDIVES PRESIDENT TO APPEAL CORRUPTION CONVICTION
January 22nd, 2023
The former President of Maldives - Abdulla Yameen - is to appeal last month’s conviction for corruption and money laundering but faces delays as his lawyers have yet to receive a detailed trial report. The Criminal Court of Maldives in the capital Malé December 25 jailed Yameen, who held office from 2013-18, for a total 11 years - four years for accepting kickbacks from a private company in the lease of the state-owned Aarah resort on Vaavu Atoll and seven for money laundering. The course also fined him USD5 million for these offences. Yameen, who denies any ...
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