Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has informed the Clemency Board that he has no qualms towards mitigating the sentence of the individual arrested in connection to a knife attack directed at him from a decade ago.
The attack that took place amidst Maumoon's visit to Hoarafushi, Haa Alifu Atoll, in 2008 during his regime. It resulted in the attacker, Mohamed Murushid, being detained and sentenced for 13 years.