Criminal Court says it would be live streaming the court hearings of the Aarah case filed against former President Abdullah Yameen.
Yameen was charged with money laundering and taking a bribe in relation to the case back in November of last year.
The State had accused Yameen of taking a bribe of USD 1 million for the transaction between Yoosuf Naeem and Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation to lease the island to the former.
The state's charge sheet accused Yameen of laundering the money acquired from the deal.
Yameen's legal team had asked the court on several occasions to allow live streaming of the court proceedings but had been denied until now.
Presiding Judge Ahmed Shakeel had said then that it was difficult to accommodate such a request due to the lack of manpower at the court but had remained hopeful that the Court would be able to grant the request once the initial hearing was over.
In comments to the media, Criminal Court said that it would be live streaming the hearing of the case against Yameen starting tomorrow and that the live stream would be available via the Court's Youtube channel.
With the preliminary hearings of the case now over, the case is heading into the trial with the first hearing scheduled for tomorrow at 1:00 pm.
