The hearing in the state's case against former President Abdullah Yameen in relation to the illegal purchase of Vaavu Aaarah scheduled for today has been canceled as the presiding Judge is on leave.
The hearing had been tabled for 09:30 am today.
The Criminal Court said that the judge presiding over the case was currently on leave and all the cases on with the section have now been kept on hold.
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 of Vaavu Atoll Aarah to the former.
The state had also filed charges against Yoosuf Naeem.
While today's hearing was canceled, the government had denied reports that said that a foreign country had ordered President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's government to make sure that Yameen ends up in jail.
The reports came after the Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Nasheed who is currently in India on an unofficial trip and Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid who is in India for UNGA President duties met each other as well as the Indian Foreign Minister while in India.
It was reported that President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih had joined in on the meeting via video call and that the Indian Foreign Minister had repeatedly said that the ex-President should be jailed during the meeting.
Both the President's Office and the Foreign Ministry had denied these reports.
