The sentencing hearing for the former Head of Procurement at Fenaka Corporation Mariyam Dheena after the charge of abuse of official capacity was proved has been postponed as she has been hospitalized.
Dheena is being prosecuted over the release of payments to Blazen Ink under an agreement with Fenaka in 2019, before the work had been completed and without verifying its completion.
The Criminal Court ruled on 12 October 2026 that the charges against Dheena had been proven.
The presiding judge ruled that, taking into account the evidence presented by the state against Dheena, the charge of abuse of official capacity has been proven.
Following this ruling, the state requested that she be remanded until sentencing. Consequently, the judge decided to keep Dheena in detention until the verdict in the case was delivered.
The sentencing hearing for this case was set for today at 10:00 am.
The Criminal Court stated the hearing was canceled as the Maldives Correctional Service informed the court Dheena would not be able to attend the hearing due to her being hospitalized and receiving treatment, and that the hearing for the case would commence once she is discharged from the hospital.
The basic sentence for this offense is one year, seven months, and six days of imprisonment.
A four-year prison sentence was previously handed down about a year ago against Mohamed Saeed, the former MD of Fenaka, who was co-accused in this case.
Although the court attempted to deliver the sentence against Dheena alongside Saeed, it could not be done at the time because she was admitted to the hospital. Even after that, Dheena continued to notify the court that she could not attend with numerous documents regarding her medical condition.
A separate trial against Dheena is ongoing at the Criminal Court over allegations of corruption in the June 2018 award to Cairetsu Private Limited of a contract to install camera systems at all Fenaka branches, as well as a command centre and video conferencing system at the company’s head office.
