The hearings, which took place separately at Supreme Court starting around 10:50 am Monday ended at around 10:50 pm. State has filed the case at Supreme Court asking that it determine that MP Nazim can be prosecuted for graft which he committed using company employees and resources while Managing Director of Nameera. Criminal Court had ruled that MP Nazim could not be singled out for prosecution since the offense was committed by the company as a whole – a ruling seconded by High Court upon appeal. Charges against MP Nazim include sending bid proposals in the name of unregistered companies and one of the companies winning the bid for 15,000 flags announced by former Atolls Ministry, and proposing a bid in the name of Tech Media without their knowledge for the flags bid. It also includes charges bid documents had been proposed without knowledge of Stand Electric and Tech Media for announcement by former Atolls Ministry to buy 220 lamps for harbours. Plus charges Nameera’s employees names had been used to propose bids so that 2003 bid to buy sound systems for mosques ended in MP Nazim’s favour. State alleges that bids had been proposed in names of unregistered companies – Seaview Traders, Malegamu Tailors, Fast Tailors and Needlework Tailors. And that bids were won in name of Nameera and Neyza Private Limited. Testimony of former Nameera Electric Supervisor Ahmed Siraj, former Project Managers Mohamed Naseer and Ahmed Asheeth, former Manager – Accounts and Administration Ibrahim Nishaan, and former Accounts Officer Mohamed Irushad was taken during the hearings held on Monday. All except for Siraj testified that MP Nazim had not given order to prepare bid documents for the announcements, and said they had no memory of anything like that happening within the company. All witnesses testified that they were however given instructions by MP Nazim as head of the company, and that they had given honest statements regarding the issues to police. State claimed that they had enough evidence from the statements to prove MP Nazim’s guilt, and that some witnesses had gone against their earlier statement in Monday’s hearings. Siraj had testified that he had proposed a bid in name of Malegamu Tailors as instructed by MP Nazim, and that he had signed the bid document as the company’s Managing Director. Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed announced before ending the hearing that an additional would be held in need be. The state case against the former People’s Majlis Speaker is based on claims his company Nameera Construction had submitted false documents to win bids for four separate government projects. State claims that Nazim had won bids by submitting false assessments for four projects – project to buy lamps for the harbour put up to bid by former Atolls Ministry, bid to buy sound systems for some mosques, and the two times the project to buy 15,000 flags was put up for bid. Nazim is being prosecuted on four counts of graft for the alleged offenses. The case was sent to Supreme Court for appeal after High Court had approved the original decision made by Criminal Court that Nazim could not be singled out for prosecution in the case. State had asked that Supreme Court overrule High Court verdict and rule that Nazim could be prosecuted for the charges.