The Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced Abdulla Luthufee, one of the conspirators behind the 1988 coup d'état, to seven months and 18 days of imprisonment over abscondment.
Speaking at a hearing held on Monday, Luthfee asserted that he had not absconded, but had travelled and remained abroad to seek medical treatment. However, he agreed to confess to the charges in order to expedite the legal process.