Prosecutor General’s (PG) Office has said that they have submitted charges of facilitating money laundering and giving false testimony against former Minister of Legal Affairs at the President’s Office, Ustaz Azima Shukoor.

The PG office has said today, that the charges of facilitating money laundering have been submitted at Criminal Court against Shukoor.  

Additionally, the office has reported that there are charges of giving false information at an official institution against Shukoor that have been submitted at Criminal Court.

While the charges against Uz. Azima Shukoor have been submitted at Criminal Court, both she and former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom have been summoned to Police for interrogation on a case of money laundering.

Uz. Azima had served as the a Minister of Legal Affairs at the President’s Office, during a previous administration. Shukoor had also been summoned to the Police after charges were raised against her regarding the same case.

Former President Abdulla Yameen’s bank accounts have also been frozen as part of the ongoing investigation by Maldives Police Service.