The second legal counsel for Bassam Adeel Jaleel, the former president of the Football Association of Maldives (FAM), who has been charged with embezzling funds sent by FIFA, has also withdrawn from the case.
In the FAM embezzlement case, Bassam was initially charged with embezzlement and money laundering. While several hearings of that case have been held previously, Bassam's first appointed legal counsel had withdrawn from the case.