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The Maldives prisons authority has formally sought police assistance to bring back Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim, whose medical leave in Singapore expired Monday night. Gasim, sentenced to three years in absentia for attempted bribery, was released on medical furlough for cardiovascular treatment in September. He was initially given 10 days medical leave which was […]
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim departed for Singapore late Wednesday night after the Maldives Correctional Service authorised a 10-day medical leave for the convicted opposition lawmaker. The 67-year-old business tycoon was allowed to leave with a travel document nearly two weeks after he was found guilty of attempted bribery and sentenced to more than three […]
Lawyers representing Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim have slammed the failure of the authorities to allow the convicted opposition lawmaker to seek medical treatment overseas as ordered by the criminal court. Despite assurances from Home Minister Azleen Ahmed last week that medical leave will be authorised within days, the Attorney General’s office appealed the part of Gasim’s […]
Home Minister Azleen Ahmed visited Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim in hospital Monday night as an envoy of the president amid criticism over delays in authorising medical leave for the convicted opposition lawmaker. The 67-year-old business tycoon was found guilty of attempted bribery last Friday and sentenced in absentia to more than three years in […]
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim has been rushed to the hospital after collapsing at the criminal court Thursday afternoon. The 65-year-old opposition lawmaker fainted inside the courtroom during a closed-door hearing of his bribery trial. He was rushed out on a stretcher and taken on an ambulance to the ADK private hospital. The court heard […]