Former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and former Managing Director of MMPRC Abdullah Ziyath have been freed after President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih pardoned the duo.
The Press has been able to confirm the reports.
Both Adeeb and Ziyath have been serving long-term jail sentences after being convicted of several charges in relation to the MMPRC scandal and many label both as the chief architects of the million-dollar scandal.
Adeeb, who was also the former Tourism Minister, was accused of 7 offenses by the State and he had pled guilty to the charges. In 2020, the Criminal Court sentenced Adeeb to 20 years in jail and ordered him to pay a fine worth MVR 2 million.
Ziyath was sentenced to 32 years in jail for his part in the scandal.
The duo had been serving their sentences in jail when President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih came into power and were then transferred to house arrest during his reign.
With three days left of the reign, President Solih pardoned the duo by using the presidential powers vested to him through the Clemency Act. This Act allows the President to grant pardons and commute sentences.
