Vice President of PPM and MP for Naifaru constituency, Ahmed Shiyam has said that from the long list of people involved in the corruption scandal of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih saw only the name of the former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom.

Speaking at a Progressive Coalition event held in Gaafu Dhaalu Gadhdhoo last night, Ml Shiyam said that the MMPRC corruption list is a long one but the institute are only chasing after President Yameen.

And he raised the question of the Maldives Police Service, Courts and Asset Recovery Commission is chasing after anyone else on the list of over 300 people involved in the MMPRC corruption.

MP Shiyam said that USD 1 million suspected by the government was placed in an escrow account by President Yameen on his own to find out the truth about that money and it was before President Solih came to power.

On 29 November 2019, the Criminal Court sentenced the former President to five years in prison and fined him with USD 5 million after convicting him of money laundering. The High Court has upheld the ruling as well.

Former President Yameen is also facing charges of accepting bribes and another count of money laundering in connection to the leasing of Raa Atoll Fugguri to develop a resort.

He was also questioned by the police in suspicion of taking the funds from selling Vaavu Atoll Aarah in to his own bank account.