President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has welcomed Prosecutor General Abbas Shareef's decision to cancel immunity agreements entered into in the MMPRC corruption case.
President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has welcomed Prosecutor General Abbas Shareef's decision to cancel immunity agreements entered into with former Vice President Ahmed Adheeb, former Managing Director of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) Abdulla Ziyath, and SOF leaders in the MMPRC corruption case.
With the revocation of the agreements, the PG Office has now instructed Police and the Anti Corruption Commission to proceed with the halted investigations against them and to forward the cases for prosecution.
In a post on social media platform X, the President welcomed PG Shareef's decision, and said that corruption can only be eradicated through taking legal action consistently against all persons involved in such offences.
Charges were pressed against Adeeb with a short sentence period after then Prosecutor General Hussain Shameem stated that there was sufficient evidence to sentence him to 800 years in jail through 150 charges in relation to the granting of 54 islands.
Adeeb was sentenced to 20 years in prison on seven charges through a plea bargain he entered into with the State. He was also fined by MVR 2 million, a surprisingly low figure considering that under the Money Laundering Act, the accused can be ordered to repay the amount laundered, along with a fine up to five times this amount.
Although Adeeb was sentenced to a 20 year prison term, former President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, during his last days in office, commuted Adeeb's sentence to just four years, effectively letting him walk free.
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