Legal attorney and MP for Kendhoo constituency, Ali Hussain, has been suspended from legal proceedings for five months.
Department of Judicial Administration said that MP Ali Hussain was suspended in relation to a publication on 5 October 2018 on V News under implying that there is no decision to make by the Supreme Court regarding the MP seats.
As Ali Hussain in being questioned and giving a statement regarding the publication, the Department of Judicial Administration said that the MP is suspended from the courts and tribunals in the Maldives, by the Supreme Court, under Article 6-C of the Law of Attorneys for violating sections A, C and D of Article 3.2 of the same law.
Ali Hussain was suspended in past as well before being reinstated on 7 July 2018.