Maldives Police Service (MPS) has summoned former President Abdulla Yameen to the Police Headquarters for questioning over the corruption scandal of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC).
MPS said the former president was questioned regarding an ongoing investigation related to the MMPRC corruption scandal. MPS said Yameen was taken back to Maafushi Prison after the end of the questioning.
Former President Yameen was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2019, after the Criminal Court of the Maldives found him guilty of laundering USD 1 million embezzled from the state in the corruption scandal of MMPRC. He is also currently under trial for another case of money laundering and accepting USD 1.1 million in bribes for the lease of Fuhgiri, Raa Atoll, for resort development through MMPRC.