Former Legal Affairs Minister at the President's Office, Aishath Azima Shukoor has said that the money laundering charges on her through the MMPRC Corruption are false charges and alleged that all of this was being done by Prosecutor General Aishath Bisam to cover her tracks.

While the first hearing of the trial took place today, Azima refuted the charges and claimed them to be false in a media statement issued Thursday.

In the statement, Azima noted that PG Bisam could not raise the charges against her since it involves her interest in the case personally. She also added that a research into the documentation found the charges lacking of any legal basis.

It added that the alleged funds were transferred to the account of Former President Abdulla Yameen by SOF, way before the appointment of Azima to the said position at the President's Office.

Azim noted that the alleged money laundering would have happened during a time when Bisam was the Prosecutor General, hence she alleged that it would have happened with either her involvement or due to her negligence. She added that the case was built in a way to cover PG Bisam's tracks.

Azima also said that while the investigative report of the MMPRC Corruption Scandal from ACC had been sent to the PG for prosecution, nothing was said or done by the PG for over a year.