The state, on Sunday, filed for appeal at the Supreme Court against the annulment of former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb's jail sentence over corruption charges.
In 2016, the Criminal Court sentenced Adeeb to eight years after finding him guilty of embezzling USD 5 million (MVR 77 million) owed to the state as acquisition cost for Maabinhuraa, Lhaviyani Atoll. The court also sentenced MMPRC's then-Managing Director Abdulla Ziyath to eight years and local businessman Hamid Ismail to two years, in the same case.
However, the High Court overturned the lower court's verdict last Thursday, ordering a retrial.
An official of the Prosecutor General's Office confirmed that the state filed a notice of appeal on June 3.
The former vice president was recently acquitted of various charges for which he was serving a hefty 33-year jail sentence.
The Supreme Court overturned his 10-year sentence over charges of illegal weapons possession last week, while the High Court overturned Adeeb's 10-year and 8-year sentences over his involvement in the blast aboard the presidential speedboat in 2015, and corruption charges respectively. The High Court ordered retrials for the latter two cases.
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