The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has stated they have made a request to the Prosecutor General's (PG) office to charge the 4th Term council members of the HA. Hoarafushi Council regarding the case where they assigned a plot for a fuel business against regulations.
The commission said the request to charge them in the 5,000 square foot plot that was sent to the PG office was a success, with the office accepting the case.
The case was sent to the PG office on 20th April.
The ACC said they requested Hoarafushi Council's 4th Term President Mohamed Waheed, 4th Term Vice President Ahmed Imdhah, and 4th Term council members Ibrahim Shakir, Ahmed Rauf, Mariyam Wakeela, Aminath Visama and Aminath Nasiha be charged in the case.
The ACC requested they be charged under Article 513(b) of the Penal Code for the crime of abuse of influence in obtaining an advantage, and under Article 517(a) of the Penal Code for the crime of intentionally denying the state benefits when a benefit to the state was possible.
8 cases were filed to the Local Government Authority (LGA) against the Hoarafushi Council in December 2025, with council President Mohamed Waheed being suspended for three months.
Regarding the cases, the Hoarafushi Council consisted of an MDP majority, where they assigned plots against regulations, made expenses against Public Finance regulations in organizing a volleyball tournament in 2025, increasing the amount of plots next to vacant island plots in violation of the Land Use Plan, and the purchase of date palms against Public Finance regulations in order to plant them in the Hoarafushi harbor area in 2023.
The ACC also looked into a case where the council acted against Public Finance regulations regarding Eid al-Adha activities, stage lights and stage matters, along with the case where procurement staff at the council were allegedly also a part of the bid committee.
There was also a case where the council did not provide information that was requested under the Right to Information Act, and a case where a large amount of funds were split and released against the Public Finance Act and regulations in purchasing lights for Eid celebrations and decorations in the island, with the lights not being received by the council.
