The Preliminary court hearing regarding dismissing the Criminal Court ruling for detention of former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has been concluded today.

While the Criminal Court had sentenced President Yameen to remain in detention for the remainder of his trial on charges of money laundering at MMPRC, an appeal had been submitted at High Court.

The Preliminary court hearing regarding dismissing the Criminal Court ruling for detention of former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has been concluded today.

While the Criminal Court had sentenced President Yameen to remain in detention for the remainder of his trial on charges of money laundering at MMPRC, an appeal had been submitted at High Court.

The High Court preliminary hearing today was carried out, concealed from the media.

It has however been reported by the judges assigned to the case that if there are no further deliberations, the next step would be the hearing.

The charges of money laundering against President Yameen had been raised due to SOF Pvt. Ltd. having transferred USD 1 Million into his account at Maldives Islamic Bank.PResident Yameen had also transferred USD 1 Million into a Bank of Maldives escrow account.

Maldives Police Service has revealed that the USD 1 Million transferred into President Yameen’s BML escrow account

had not been from the funds transferred by SOF Pvt. Ltd.

The Prosecutor General had appealed at Criminal Court to rule for President Yameen’s detention for the remainder of his trial.