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Hassan Ziyath

Republic Square in the capital Male during Maldives' 50th Independence Day celebrations --

MVR 66 million spent illegally on 50th Independence Day celebrations, audit report reveals

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Republic Square in the capital Male during Maldives’ 50th Independence Day celebrations — The state had illegally spent over MVR 66 million for Maldives’ 50th Independence Day celebrations, the Ministry of Home Affairs’ audit report for 2015 has revealed. According to the report that was published by Auditor General Hassan Ziyath on Sunday, the normal […]

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Over MVR350K state funds missing from STL: audit

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Maldives Ports Ltd (MPL) main building in capital Male. PHOTO/MIHAARU An audit report has revealed that over MVR 350,000 had gone missing from Southern Transport Link (STL), the company which provides transportation in the southern atolls of Addu and Fuvahmulah. According to the audit report which was released October 2, the missing funds should have […]

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Fenaka wiped out in plain sight of everyone

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The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 25th September 2017. The following is a loose translation: It has been years since *Fenaka Corporation‘s former top management officials had been marred by allegations of doing under deals, selling US dollars to several parties and favouring projects to ‘close people’. Amid the allegations, several […]