COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Maldives’ government has asked citizens to report information regarding allegations of corruption and abuse of power during the tenure of the strongman leader defeated in elections last year. The request, in a statement from the president’s office on Wednesday, came a day after police questioned former President Yameen Abdul Gayoom over alleged illegal financial transactions for a third time. Police questioned Yameen over the weekend for a second time. He said the money he received ahead of the election was deposited into his lawfully declared campaign accounts. Yameen has insisted that police questioned him only over the investigation, but has not specified whether he was accused of any wrongdoing.

Source: National Post January 09, 2019 06:45 UTC