Report Circulating on Social Media Claiming President and Speaker received MMPRC Pay-Offs Fake: Police

The Maldives Police Service has dismissed as fake a social media report alleging that former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb made pay-offs to President Mohamed Muizzu and Speaker Abdul Raheem Abdulla using funds from MMPRC. The leaked report claimed police planned to arrest former President Yameen in 2016, and that Muizzu shared confidential information with the police commissioner. It alleged Adeeb paid Muizzu MVR 14 million and Abdulla MVR 4 million, with an additional MVR 16 million if Yameen was arrested. A joint parliamentary committee on 12 May 2021 listed MMPRC recipients; Muizzu was not listed but Abdulla received over MVR 1.7 million. The report also mentioned former Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin and magistrate Ahmed Nihan, both jailed under Yameen.

The Maldives Police Service has dismissed as fake a social media report alleging that former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb made pay-offs to President Mohamed Muizzu and Speaker Abdul Raheem Abdulla using funds from MMPRC. The leaked report claimed police planned to arrest former President Yameen in 2016, and that Muizzu shared confidential information with the police commissioner. It alleged Adeeb paid Muizzu MVR 14 million and Abdulla MVR 4 million, with an additional MVR 16 million if Yameen was arrested. A joint parliamentary committee on 12 May 2021 listed MMPRC recipients; Muizzu was not listed but Abdulla received over MVR 1.7 million. The report also mentioned former Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin and magistrate Ahmed Nihan, both jailed under Yameen.

The Maldives Police Service has dismissed as fake a social media report alleging that former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb made pay-offs to President Mohamed Muizzu and Speaker Abdul Raheem Abdulla using funds from MMPRC. The leaked report claimed police planned to arrest former President Yameen in 2016, and that Muizzu shared confidential information with the police commissioner. It alleged Adeeb paid Muizzu MVR 14 million and Abdulla MVR 4 million, with an additional MVR 16 million if Yameen was arrested. A joint parliamentary committee on 12 May 2021 listed MMPRC recipients; Muizzu was not listed but Abdulla received over MVR 1.7 million. The report also mentioned former Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin and magistrate Ahmed Nihan, both jailed under Yameen.

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