The Civil Court has ruled on Thursday that the properties mortgaged in relation to the Funaddoo Tuna Products unpaid loans are to be handed over to the Bank of Maldives (BML) within a period of 15 days.
The ruling permits BML to then sell the property in order to settle the payments. The mortgaged properties are Madivaru Yacht, Reethi Beach Resort and Funaddoo.
BML said in court today that as a result of delaying payment, the due amount has now risen from MVR 117 million (US$7,587,549) to MVR 206 million (US$13,359,274) , once the loan interest is added.
Representatives of the bank said in court today that the accounts of the individual guarantors have been frozen, according to local media. The guarantors are Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party MPs Ali Azim and Mohamed Nashiz, and Ahmed Rasheed of Rafeeguge.
The bank also said that the passports of the DRP MPs have now been held, preventing them from departing the country.
BML declined from commenting on the issue at time of press as the matter is an ongoing case.
Voted against Waheed’s wishes, court summons again: MP Azim
DRP MP Ali Azim has stood by his earlier allegation that the case being carried through now is politically motivated.
The police were given an order to present MPs Nashiz and Azim to court under detention, while the hearing was scheduled for the same time as the taking of votes in parliament to approve secret balloting for impeachment votes.
The court order was first cancelled a few hours after it was issued. Police Media Official Sub-Inspector Haneef had at the time said that the reason provided by the court was that the presiding judge had been abroad, and other cases had been scheduled.
Azim stated in parliament that he had received calls from President Mohamed Waheed Hassan, President’s Political Advisor Ahmed Thaufeeg and Spokesperson Abbas Adil Riza, asking him to cast the vote on secret balloting in a way they preferred. He alleged that they had offered to stop the summons if he voted in line with them.
Azim had said in parliament then that he was “not the least bit surprised” that Waheed had called, adding that Waheed had called previously for similar matters, including the Football Association of Maldives (FAM) elections.
However, the MP subsequently voted in favour of secret balloting.
The Civil Court then summoned the MPs to court again, and the hearing was held Thursday.
“We were summoned to court, and then there was the attempt to intimidate me. When I voted against his wishes, the court immediately summons me back again. I believe this is politically motivated,” Azim said today after the hearing.
DRP Leader Ahmed Thasmeen Ali, MP Mohamed Nashiz and Speaker of Parliament Abdulla Shahid were not responding to calls at the time of press.
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Yes. Please go after the rest of the MPs too.
Of course it is politically motivated. The billion rufiya is yours as a birth right.
The public has no right to demand the government to prosecute you.
I'm sure this is a politically motivated!!!
Of course , if a parliament member (regardless of which party) pays gang member to murder someone,if he is arrested with evidence,it is politically motivated, if he used illegal drugs n gets caught,it becomes politically motivated,if he sexually harrases someone it becomes politically motivated....these mothe*f**kers must not be charged with a crime at all! You think the people r going to just keep watching this sh*t n allow u to getaway...
The value of mortgaged property is enough to repay the money they owe. I wonder why they wasted so much time in black mailing these MPs. It's a normal practice to sell off assets and recover the loan. These decisions show how politically motivated this case has become.