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Presidential Commission on Corruption and Asset Recovery president listed under ACC for review

Ahmed Aiham
22 August 2020, MVT 09:46
Presidential Commission on Corruption and Asset Recovery's President Ahmed Assad alongside Commissioner of Police Mohamed Hameed. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED / MIHAARU
Ahmed Aiham
22 August 2020, MVT 09:46

Anti Corruption Commission has included the Presidential Commission on Corruption and Asset Recovery's President Ahmed Assad, in a list with potential cases for review.

According to local media Mihaaru, while Assad was named under the list, ACC is yet to decide on investigating the allegations against him.

The commission is yet to disclose the cases confirmed for further investigation.

In mid 2018, the Criminal Court raised charges against Assad over damages of MVR 30 million to the state as a result of misprinted copies of the Holy Quran, as well as insufficient copies of the scripture as tendered.

However, the case was dropped by the Prosecutor General's Office in late 2018, under the tenure of former Prosecutor General Aishath Bisham, after the matter was filed to court under request by the ACC.

At the time the case was dropped, Assad was already appointed to the Commission's president by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

PG Office's Spokesperson Ahmed Shafeeu noted that PG Office and ACC are now working on a project to increase further collaboration between the institutions when filing charges.

Shafeeu stated that additional cases PG Office previously acted over were also noted for ACC for further evaluation.

Although the charges were initially raised over a letter indicating the inability to provide the complete amount of the Quran, PG dropped the charges based on new evidence, which revealed that the President's Office had granted the publishers Novelty Printers, the authority to freely distribute some copies.

Shafeeu claims that while the issue could be reviewed, there might not be any grounds to charge Assad.

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