Alhan Fahmy – Jumhoory Party (JP)'s candidate for the North Henveyru seat in the upcoming parliamentary elections – has been sent summons by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
ACC has asked Alhan to present himself to the commission’s headquarters at 3 pm this Thursday.
The summons reads that Alhan is under investigation for holding illegal competitions and offering large cash prizes at the competitions.
Alhan has confirmed receiving the summons.
Alhugandu #ACC ah Haaziruvumah Amuru Kuravvaifi !
— A L H A N F A H M Y (@AlhanFahmy) March 14, 2019
Ijthimaaee Harakaai Hinugumakee Kusheh Noon. ???? pic.twitter.com/lJqFNHyztz
In an interview to ‘Sun’, Alhan maintained that he did nothing wrong, and planned on cooperating with the ACC to the fullest.
“I don’t believe I held any unregulated competitions,” said Alhan.
He later tweeted that organizing social activities was not a crime.
Alhan recently held a football competition, the Alhan Street Soccer Cup, in Male’ City. The winning team received a cash prize of MVR 50,000 while the runner-up received a cash prize of MVR 25,000.