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 Appointed as Ambassador of Maldives to Japan

Former Presidential Affairs Minister Mohamed Hussain ‘Mundhu’ Shareef has been appointed to head the Maldives’ diplomatic mission in Japan.

Arrest

October 2015 Mohamed Hussain Shareef ‘Mundhu,’ former presidential affairs minister, had been arrested in Malaysia along with Hamid Ismail, an influential businessman related to jailed Vice President Ahmed Adeeb on suspicion of links to a plot to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen.

Released

Ex-cabinet minister Mohamed Hussain Shareef was released from police custody under unofficial and undisclosed agreement with President Yameen

Resigned

Shareef resigned from the cabinet in October when he was told by President Yameen to stay home in an apparent purge of former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s supporters from the government.

Corruption

Shareef was involved in corruption scam of MVR 3.7million (US$24,000) catering contract awarded by the president’s office for a state banquet to mark the Maldives’ Golden Jubilee of Independence.

In February 2016 close of inquiry

The watchdog Anti-Corruption Commission decided to close an inquiry against a former cabinet minister, citing lack of evidence and additional “reasons that cannot be disclosed to the press.” An official stated, on condition of annonimity, that orders came directly from President Yameen and implimented under pressure.

The case was returned shortly after Aishath Bisham, Shareef’s former colleague at the president’s office, was appointed Prosecutor General.