Travel ban on ex-ACC chief
In February 2019, the police announced that they were investigating a money laundering case against Luthufee.
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Former Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) president Hassan Luthufee has been barred from leaving the country after his passport was impounded when he returned to the Maldives after a long stay abroad.
When Dr Mohamed Muizzu, who is contesting on behalf of PPM-PNC in the upcoming presidential elections, arrived in Addu on Monday for campaigning, pictures of Luthufee standing in line in Addu to greet Muiz have surfaced. With this, his passport has now been impounded.
The police on Wednesday confirmed to Atoll Times that he has been barred from leaving the country due to an ongoing investigation. The police did not give details of the case.
In February 2019, the police announced that they were investigating a money laundering case against Luthufee.
Luthufee resigned on June 26, 2019 after travelling to Malaysia, while the parliament was in the process of removing him from the ACC following the allegations.
Luthufee had said at the time that he had gone abroad because he was being coerced by some influential people in the government to give false testimony against Yameen. The state, however, denied the allegations.
