Former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has said that as long as it is not proven otherwise, the money in his account at the Maldives Islamic Bank, is his own money.

Talking to the press after leaving the police headquarters, the former President said that the money from SOF could belong to the state but until it is proven otherwise, the funds in his accounts belong to him.

The former President said that only an insane person would keep the money at a bank in a way that does not benefit him. And from all the money in the account in question, only one million US dollars are being claimed to be from SOF and the rest of the money in the account belongs to him.

Yameen said that so far no judicial court or the Anti-Corruption Commission has decided that the money is not his.