Yameen meets supporters after house arrest leniency
According to the corrections, the relief was given to Yameen to see a doctor, and it was not an island-arrest transfer under any circumstances.
By
Mariyam Umna Ismail
Former President Abdulla Yameen, who is serving an 11-year jail sentence in connection with the MMPRC corruption scandal, met with members of his party, the PPM, on Sunday evening.
For the first time since he was was allowed to go out of his house while being on house arrest, Yameen visited the PPM headquarters at around 9pm on Sunday. Yameen met with supporters in a meeting hall at the office.
Senior government officials confirmed on Saturday that Yameen had been allowed to go out of his house.
However, the correctional service denies that. According to the corrections, the relief was given to Yameen to see a doctor, and it was not an island-arrest transfer under any circumstances.
Yameen was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined USD 5 million by the Criminal Court in December after he was found guilty of accepting bribes and money laundering in connection with the V. Aarah lease by MMPRC. Since then, he has been in jail till last month.
He was transferred to under house arrest on October 1 after the PPM-PNC won the presidential election.
