STO board to be summoned by parliament committee over major allegations of fuel theft

Parliament's Public Accounts Committee has decided to summon board members of the state-owned State Trading Organization (STO) to address allegations of corruption in fuel services provided by its subsidiary, Fuel Supply Maldives (FSM).

During a committee meeting discussing a special audit report on diesel procurement by Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) between 2018 and 2019, Deputy Speaker and Dhigurah MP Ahmed Nazim said that there is ongoing fuel theft.