The former Managing Director of the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), Abdulla Ziyath has testified as a witness for the prosecution against the former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom.

Ziyath is the third witness presented by the state in the money laundering trial against President Yameen. Before Ziyath, ACC President Muavviz Rasheed and Former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb testified against President Yameen.

In his statement, Muavviz revealed that the ACC found out about USD 1 million being deposited into the bank account of President Yameen during their investigation into SOF, who had received money from the MMPRC corruption scandal.

Following this, actions were taken to transfer the USD 1 million under the ACC. As such, an agreement was reached to deposit the funds to an escrow account.

Former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb additionally said that Yameen ordered him to deposit MMPRC money to his account and bring money to him and admitted to doing so himself.