Gayoom to sue for damages - What great Lawyers he has

Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has decided to bring criminal charges against Hassan Afeef, political advisor at the president's office and former MP, reports Haveeru.
Afeef was found guilty of defamation last week. With defamation still a criminal offence in the penal code, Gayoom told Haveeru, his lawyers had advised him to file charges.
"The civil court ruling is very strong evidence. It would have to go through a police investigation and then to the prosecutor general's office," he said.
The civil court ruled that the evidence presented at court established that Afeef claimed at a rally on 19 September 2008 that Gayoom embezzled US$80 million dollars of tsunami aid.
Gayoom said he will decide on the amount of damages to seek as he believes Afeef's allegations cost him last year's presidential election.

source: minivannews