Former President and Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed denied rumours on Monday that Chief Judge of Criminal Court Ahmed Shakeel and President of Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Hisaan Hussain had met.
A local media outlet in Maldives had tweeted that that Shakeel, Hisaan, and Attorney General Ibrahim Riffath, who is also a member of JSC, had met in the JSC offices in the early hours of the morning.
Shakeel has presided on high profile cases, and currently overlooks all charges press against former President Abdulla Yameen's corruption case.
Speaking at today's parliament sitting, Nasheed said that no one had been given the opportunity to meet with Judge Shakeel. Nasheed also said that the allegations that Hisaan and Shakeel met were a lie.
"I don't believe it would be in the best interest of anyone to spread such false information," Nasheed had said in Dhivehi.
JSC has also denied the rumour, and said in a Tweet that the commission would submit a case to the relevant authorities to investigate the media spreading false information about them.
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