Ismail Asif, sentenced to 10 years in 2022 for a stabbing and attempted murder aboard a boat off AA. Maalhos, had his sentence commuted to five days by then-President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on September 19, 2023, shortly before the presidential runoff, and walked free on September 25, 2023. He has since been arrested twice, most recently over the theft of MVR 4 million from a home in Male' in March.
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Sun has learnt that Solih commuted Asif’s sentence on September 19, 2023, a couple of days before the presidential runoff elections.
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Solih commuted Asif’s sentence to five days, and he walked free on September 25, 2023.
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In September 2022, the Criminal Court sentenced Asif to 10 years in prison for stabbing and attempting to murder Ismail Hammad
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He is back in police custody for his alleged involvement in stealing MVR 4 million from a home in Male’ in March.
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In September 2022, the Criminal Court sentenced Asif to 10 years in prison for stabbing and attempting to murder Ismail Hammad following a verbal dispute that arose among a group of religious extremists on the boat ‘Jaree’ off AA. Maalhos back in 2019.
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Last year, he was arrested for attacking his brother’s head with a machete.
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He is back in police custody for his alleged involvement in stealing MVR 4 million from a home in Male’ in March.
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Solih had also commuted the sentences of former vice president Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor and former MMPRC managing director Abdulla Ziyath, who were convicted of embezzlement and money laundering in the multi-million-dollar MMPRC graft scandal, in his last days in office.
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