Former President, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has been summoned to the Police headquarters in Male' City to give a statement.

Yameen is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for money laundering with a fine of USD 5 million. However, he was summoned to the police over a second case of corruption that the police were investigating,

He was summoned to the police station last week Sunday, however it was cancelled in the last minute.

His lawyers have criticised the decision to summon him at. a time when Covid-19 was spreading in the Maldives.