Ex-flat committee chief's phone seized amid graft probe
Atoll Times has confirmed that ACC officials had searched Akram's home and seized his laptop computer and mobile phone.
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Atoll Times has confirmed that ACC officials had searched Akram's home and seized his laptop computer and mobile phone.
Former state housing minister Akram Kamaluddin's mobile phone has been seized as the Anti Corruption Commission intensified its investigation into the contentious housing scheme launched by the previous government.
The 4,000 flats announced under the Gedhoruveriya Scheme were stopped by the ACC in late November last year as it investigated complaints that the registry was being handed over by "illegally announcing a list of beneficiaries" at the end of the previous government.
According to the ACC, among the forms examined in the investigation:
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Qualified, no-problem applications: 20.7%
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Despite eligibility, problematic forms: 19.7%
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Ineligible forms: 59.6%
An ACC official told Atoll Times that it raided the homes of four officials of the committee under a court order including Akram.
Atoll Times has confirmed that ACC officials had searched Akram's home and seized his laptop computer and mobile phone.
But the exact nature of the accusations against the four are still unclear.
