Opposition leader and former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom’s second hearing on bribery and money laundering charges has been scheduled for tomorrow by the Criminal Court.
The Criminal Court has scheduled the second hearing for 9 am on September 5th.
Yameen is charged with bribery and money laundering in relation to the leasing of Fuhgiri island for resort development while he was in office.
According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the former president accepted a USD 1.1 million bribe during the leasing of R. Fuhgiri, and the funds were laundered through Sun Construction and Engineering and Sun Investments.
He is currently serving a five-year jail sentence after being convicted on November 28, 2019 of laundering USD 1 million from the sale of GA. Vodamula.
