Jihad summoned to court under police custody

The High Court of the Maldives has stated that former Vice President Abdullah Jihad had to be summoned to court under police custody in accordance with a court order to hand over the documents needed for the appeal of the case dismissing the charges against him.

The state is prosecuting Jihad, who is the Chairman of the Maldives International Financial Services Authority, for allegedly acting against the State's interests when he signed the Fushidhiggaru lagoon agreement on behalf of the government while he was the Finance Minister in 2013.