Adeeb and Ziyath pardon acts as 'green light' for corruption and kleptocracy: TM

Transparency Maldives has issued a strongly worded condemnation of the presidential pardon granted to former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and former Managing Director of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) Abdulla Ziyath.

Both Adeeb and Ziyath were serving sentences for convictions in the MMPRC corruption case, before having been released under a presidential pardon granted yesterday by outgoing President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.