High Court orders review of wrongfully dismissed Jihad's case

The High Court has ruled today that the Criminal Court was wrong to dismiss the case against former Vice President Abdullah Jihad and has ordered the Criminal Court to proceed with the trial.

The state is prosecuting Jihad, who currently serves as the chairman of the Maldives International Financial Service Authority, for allegedly acting against the state's interests when he signed the Fushidhiggaru lagoon agreement on behalf of the government while serving as finance minister in 2013.