Former president Mohamed Nasheed gives the thumbs up sign. PHOTO/VNEWS
Police has forwarded charges to the Prosecutor General’s Office against Former President Mohamed Nasheed over his detention of incumbent President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom during his government.
Prosecutor General Aishath Bisham stated that the case filed by the Police was over President Yameen’s detention in Vaavu atoll Aarah island in 2010 under military custody. Former President Nasheed had declared it a “protective custody”.
However, PG Bisham said that a decision to proceed with the prosecution has not been reached due to legal matters that have not been met yet. She added that the PG office is currently working with Police to clear the issues.
The then Minister of Defence Ameen Faisal is also currently undergoing prosecution on terrorism charges over the president’s detention.
Meanwhile, Former President Mohamed Nasheed has already been charged with terrorism and sentenced to 13 years in jail over the arbitrary detention of a judge during his regime. He is currently self-exiled in the United Kingdom after the government allowed him to depart for medical treatment.
The Civil Court had earlier in a verdict ordered Former President Nasheed to compensate President Yameen for the detention. However, the latter had refused the compensation.