Deputy Speaker of Parliament and MP of opposition coalition partner the People’s Alliance (PA), Ahmed Nazim, was today summoned to the Criminal Court for a hearing of a corruption case filed against him, with the Prosecutor General’s Office accusing him of gaining money through fraudulent transactions.
Criminal Court Judge Saeed Ibrahim granted Nazim’s request for seven days in which to seek a lawyer, after he was given the opportunity to respond to the accusations.
Judge Ibrahim said the trial would continue without notice if Nazim failed to produce a lawyer by the deadline.
The case is the second to be lodged against Nazim by the Prosecutor General’s office.
State Prosecutor Abdulla Rabiu alleged that Nazim, used the equipment and staff of Namira Engineering and Trading Private Limited of which he was the managing director to propose a bid in the name of a company called Tech Media Services, not registered in the Maldives.
At a press conference in August 2009, Chief Inspector Ismail Atheef said police had uncovered evidence that implicated Nazim, former Atolls Minister Abdulla Hameed and Eydhafushi MP Ahmed “Redwave” Saleem, former director of finance, in fraudulent transactions worth over Rf3,446,950 (US$270,000).
Police presented numerous quotations, agreements, tender documents, receipts, bank statements and forged cheques, claiming they proved that Nazim received hundreds of thousands of dollars in the scam.
A hard disk seized during a raid of Nazim’s office in May allegedly contained copies of forged documents and bogus letter heads.
Furthermore Nazim’s wife Zeenath Abdullah had abused her position as a manager of the Bank of Maldives’ Villingili branch to deposit proceeds of the fraudulent conspiracy, police alleged.
Hameed, also long-serving Speaker of the People’s Majlis, played a key role in the fraud by handing out bids without public announcements, making advance payments using cheques against the state asset and finance regulations, approving bid documents for unregistered companies and discriminatory treatment of bid applicants, police claimed.
In April this year, police confirmed a request from the Criminal Court to bring Hameed before a court in the Maldives, after a summons could not be delivered to him in a pending case.
Several hearings have been cancelled in the high-profile corruption case involving Hameed, who is the brother of former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, after the court was unable to determine his whereabouts and deliver a summons.
Nazim was not responding to calls at time of press.
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Mr "Jangiya" (Underwear) Nazim has to keep in mind that this is just the beginning. This Mafia Boss is alleged to have been engaged in corruption during the time he was in Government in various position.
Using a variety of scheme he and his Boss Yameen had pocketed vast amounts of illegal money. Amongst Nazim's rackets include winning bid to supply generators to islands by using Yameen's influence and supplying second hand generators painted to look like new generators. By bribing officials Jangiya managed to sell these old generators without any question being raised.
Jangiya Nazim is the master mind behind blackmail of politicians who were entrapped by Yameen and Nazim through elaborate 'entrapment' schemes.
Jangiya's Namira Engineering emerged as a major business in the country throgh corruption. jangiya and yameen also own resorts by some miracle whilst these guys supposedly only earned a salary working for the government.
So, the Special Prosecutor from the Presidential Commission should step forward and charge this Big Mafia Don with the real crimes that he had carried out and continues to carry out.
Can somebody please provide irrefutable proof to the Judges to lock this guy for good. Why cant the judges see the crimes as they are! There is hardly any entity in Maldives, this guy haven't squeezed the blood out of. Yet! Yet! He roams free...
What the f is this??
He is now rich enough to be lending money to thasmeen (amongst others) in millions. Dirty money, dirty politics
No one knows the whereabouts of Abdulla Hameed? Now this is funny. Doesn't he require a passport to travel?
Nazim would like you to believe he's a fine example of "rags to riches" story. Nothing can be further from the truth. The guy started out with nothing. He was just a government employee when he started his own business under the Namira Engineering brand.
As the Auditor General's reports show, he grew his business by defrauding the government in elaborate schemes. His schemes are a very good example of money laundering. He accumulated vast sums of money by fraud, and have used his business umbrella to launder that money.
The state prosecutor hasn't even touched 0.001% of what Nazim has fraudulenty amassed. It will take some serious forensic analysis to uncover the true history of this thug.
Politics aside. People who knows Nazim will agree that he is one of the most cunning and fearing characters that we have at large in this country. Its not something to do with current politics, it goes way past. He is educated, smart, and an evil character who will not hesitate to crust his enemy and take risks to get whatever he want.
Judiciary. Get peoples confidence on the system. Serve Justice.
@Ahmed Bin Addu Bin Suvadheeb...Wouldn't it we better of we investigate the corruption that's happening right under our noses while the trail is hot and evidence is fresh..while the blood is still not dry.....Like The story of Rags to riches of Recko at al..21 million dollars, an international airline, dubious companies with opaque bids, bribing MPs right in front of our eyes, Selling of an international airport, ....etc etc..bottles of wine...There will come a day...By god it will be fun.
The minimum wage bill, the raising of GST, Zedays welfare, Business profit tax bill are all things big business have a stake in, so I don't think MPs will be able to pass these bills, as money speaks louder than the people.
I have a feeling some MDP MPs will soon begin to "realize", that they are in a corrupt party and defect to Jumhoory or some other opposition party in order to serve the "people" best.
Crushing the economy and driving the private sector out of the country is not a solution to anything.
Do we truly believe that the private sector acts as an organized crime syndicate just to impoverish the average Maldivian? Please thing about these things.
The State is run by money taxed from the Private sector. This has always been the case. The new systems of taxation are not actually "new". They are just a tad too excessive for the current climate.
The State has always in the past run on;
- Import duties.
- Tourism bed taxes.
- Acquisition payments from the lease of islands for tourism.
- Proceeds from State enterprises such as Dhiraagu, STO etc.
When has the private sector defrauded us of money that belongs to "us"? The private sector consists of individuals such as us. Who has truly failed us? The private sector has kept our government functioning but where does the failure lie?
- Successive governments have failed to enact an integrated and sustainable plan for national development.
- Successive governments have failed to ensure social justice on almost all fronts.
- Successive governments have failed to curb corruption.
- In recent days, big government has failed to enforce the law and protect citizens from crime and deprivation.
So who should we be holding to account? The private sector or the State machinery? I do not expect the average Maldivian citizen to understand this argument. It is always easier to blame those who through their intellect and hard work manage to secure a larger proportion of our wealth. Our elected leaders are the ones who need to introduce a scheme for redistributing the wealth in our country. But this redistribution should not come all at once and threaten to create enmity between the private sector and the Maldivians employed in the public sector. Gradual introduction of a system of taxation is all well and good. But current plans are just a means of bleeding our economy dry to run a State which cannot be audited, held to account or prosecuted for mismanagement.
@tsk tsk
A bit long, but you said it. Absolutely right.
Thank you.
Earlier this year, I was visiting one of the most remote Islands up north. There were no jetties or easy ways to get on to and off the Island. Obviously the isolation can be seen in the development there. But on the main road, painted on a wall, in stark comparison, remnants of a not-too distant past, in big letters "Parliamentary or Presidential".
Even here in Male', most have no idea what this really means, practically. Just how much would you expect the islanders grasp the concepts there in? Potential benefits, cons? As can be applied to our politics.
And now, Politicians are taking us all, AGAIN, for a rough ride on very filthy dingy...
@peasant, tsk tsk, you guys understand about the economic history of your country very deeply I can see (are you the same guy by any chance, similarly deep writing stle and wealth of insight and knowledge?) I will have to ask you guys some question to understand it a lot better, as being an Australian, though I obviously love Maldives, I am still very naive' about a lot of things that I need to understand to think of appropriate ways to comment on economics in Maldives. So keep in mind I'll have questions for you in next few days or weeks. Always love your insights as well, helps me heaps.
@ BenPlewringht....Tsk tsk has insight and good analysis, agreed....But peasant..You must be joking..Peasant understands nothing except a deep hatred for maumoon and he sees or hears nothing bad of the current government...Hes suffering from yellow fever and lost his intellect.
Peasant is very good, he is very compassionate and wise person I have followed his stuff.
I was tired when I wrote that question and did not see peasant and tsk tsk both had completely different economic perspectives,but both interesting
@tsk tsk Wrote "It is always easier to blame those who through their intellect and hard work manage to secure a larger proportion of our wealth..."
This is absolutely ludicrous!
The wealthy of this world are not the hardest workers, the poor of the world, in Maldives the Bangladeshi's mainly and the lower classes of Maldivians do REAL work, the rich enjoy luxury and their children are lazy as HELL!
As for intellect, it is not true intellect which has made the wealthy wealthy, but it is connection, who you know, and it is another type of intelligence called 'cunning' which actually is not INTELLECT!
If you are blaming the poor for being poor, this is really really a terrible injustice, it is not the truth!
I was going to give examples of 5 Maldivian ppl I know who did all the technical, hard work for the rich in Male' and worked like dogs with real brains and got peanuts for it, whilst their bosses, who got their contracts etc... by worshipping Maumoon publically and strutting around like Mafia dons, reaped the benefits financially and became rich, on the back of the sacrifice of these who suffered. I was going to give their names and details but I was just advised against it for different reasons. But let me say this. They, the ones who struggled for these rich, broke their brains and backs, they are ok, they did it because they love the Maldives and love is the only reward they want. Where as ironically, the rich, they have got rich off the poor of Maldives yet they are filled with nothing but HATE! Yet you know what, they are actually very stupid ppl who are bullies, these rich. Now THAT is a fact!
I will cut, paste connect my above three comments and paste them as one comment, sorry, I type comments whilst doing other stuff and it ends up all misjointed, typo's (I get their and there mixed up and write rediculous instead of ridiculous etc...) so instead of posting the above comments and this one, I'll resubmit as one or else I have just posted WAAAAAAAAY to many comments.
Peasant is a very good person I can feel it in his writings. He is a very compassionate and wise person, I have followed his comments so I disagree with you Nars..
I was tired when I wrote that question and did not see peasant and tsk tsk both had completely different economic perspectives.
@tsk tsk Wrote “It is always easier to blame those who through their intellect and hard work manage to secure a larger proportion of our wealth…”
This is absolutely ludicrous!
The wealthy of this world are not the hardest workers, the poor of the world, in Maldives the Bangladeshi’s mainly and the lower classes of Maldivians do REAL work, the rich enjoy luxury and their children are lazy as HELL!
As for intellect, it is not true intellect which has made the wealthy wealthy, but it is connection, who you know, and it is another type of intelligence called ‘cunning’ which actually is not INTELLECT!
If you are blaming the poor for being poor, this is really really a terrible injustice, it is not the truth!
I was going to give examples of 5 Maldivian ppl I know who did all the technical, hard work for the rich in Male’ and worked like dogs with real brains and got peanuts for it, whilst their bosses, who got their contracts etc… by worshipping Maumoon publically and strutting around like Mafia dons, reaped the benefits financially and became rich, on the back of the sacrifice of these who suffered.
I was going to give their names and details but I was just advised against it for different reasons.
But let me say this.
They, the ones who struggled to make the rich rich, broke their brains and backs, but they are ok. They did it because they love the Maldives and love is the only reward they want so long as they and their families are healthy and ok. Where as ironically, the rich that I know, they have become rich breaking the backs of the poor of Maldives yet they are filled with nothing but HATE! Yet you know what, these rich I know, (not all, not the elderly Religious ones and often the Wives of these Rich buggers are saintly Religious Women and not ALL the rich are exploitative) but many are actually very stupid ppl who are bullies, these rich. Now THAT is a fact!
huhu you posted anyway, ok, doesn't matter
@Ben Plewright....I am begining to have strong reervations about you being Australian..Maybe you have dual citizenship but I think you are Maldivian using an alias, ...What you are writing is begining to sound more and more like the people from the yellow tribe....hmmmm kaley thee dhivehsenu olhuvaalan nulhey.
So according to BEN PLEDHIVEHI.....once maumoon is out of the picture everything becomes utopia...all of the sudden we are in heaven...
Hi Ben thanks for standing up for me.
Hi Nars- So Ben doesn't agree with you, he is part of the yellow tribe? Btw I'm pretty sure tsk tsk doesn't worship the Pharaoh- he is yellow tribe was well?
@tsk tsk
Taxation will not crush the economy any more than it already is, surely you agree we are already being indirectly taxed- through import duties. Therefore any argument about giving our money to a corrupt govt is moot, they already have our money. However taxation when combined with an electoral democracy has produced responsible governance elsewhere, the idea being people forget clan loyalties when "their money" is stolen and punish corrupt governments at the polls. I say "their money", because, although revenue from petroleum sales, mining, import duties etc are peoples money too, however when you receive a pay check with 7% reduced for retirement, it makes things personal.
The only people to be taxed are those who make Rf30,000 a month or companies which make a Mrf500,000 profit a year. You also forget that the tax is imposed along with import duties being phased out. Import duties force all businesses to pay equally, however business profit tax as proposed by the govt allows small businesses to operate tax free and import duty free as well, good for them innit? Good for us too, surely this must result in a reduction in consumer prices. As for TGST, when just 13 cents of every dollar earned through tourism is retained in the country, is it too much to ask another 6 cents to spend on infrastructure, healthcare and education?