Azima summoned to the police regarding money laundering case

The former Legal Affairs Minister at the President’s Office, Azima Shukoor, has been summoned to the Maldives Police Service in connection to a money laundering case.

Police said that Azima was summoned yesterday under the suspicion of her involvement in helping to launder money and providing false information to state institutes in regards to it. No further details were offered by the police.

When contact for a comment, Azima said that she cannot comment as it’s an ongoing investigation.

Aside from an investigation involving the former Legal Affairs Minister, police are also looking into the transfer of one million USD to an account of the former President, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom at the Islamic Bank from an account of the SOF, a company that shows to have taken a large sum in the MMPRC corruption.