Maldives former Auditor General Niyaz Ibrahim has
alleged that calculations he made totaled the Maldives Marketing and
Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) graft to over MVR 3.5 billion.
Earlier this month, an audit report published by the Auditor General's Office had revealed that the graft, which involved high placed government officials including president Abdulla Yameen's confidante and former vice president Ahmed Adeeb, to be valued at MVR 1.2 billion.
Maldives largest opposition party, MDP alleges that president Yameen is directly involved in the corruption.
Speaking exclusively to RaajjeTV on it's talk show FalaSurukhee Maldives former top auditor said that his estimations from calculating the amounts published by the Auditor General's Office suggest that the loot from MMPRC would be upwards of MVR 2.8 billion.
He said that the current observations didn't include possible bribes or other kickbacks given to senior government officials, which if thoroughly investigated would amount to MVR 2.8 billion.
Niyaz also alleges that if the Audit included other damages due to the leasing of lagoons and islands without a proper competitive bidding process, the loss to the state due to the MMPRC graft would be upwards of MVR 3.5 billion.
Speaking about the accountability of top government officials for the largest corruption scandal in the history of Maldives, Niyaz said that it became possible for influential people to subvert the system because of negligence from the top most layer of the government.
Niyaz said that as Auditor General, he had personally met with president Yameen to discuss corrupt practices of Yameen's confidante and then tourism minister Ahmed Adeeb. Niyaz alleged that the president had failed to take note of his findings, going so far as to suggest that the auditor was getting too personal with the tourism minister.
Niyaz was sacked from the Auditor General's post after he published a report exposing a corruption scandal of MVR 77.1 million (USD 5 million) involving Adeeb, MMPRC and state owned company Maldives Ports Limited (MPL). The audit report said that, MPL had transferred MVR 77.1 million to MMPRC to be exchanged for foreign currency, which was later transferred by MMPRC to two private companies controlled by Adeeb.
After the publication of the report in 2014, Adeeb declared the report a "political report" targeted to end his political career and within a week, the government coalition controlling the majority in the Parliament amended the Auditor General's Act and sacked Niyaz Ibrahim.
A new Auditor General was appointed shortly.
The post was given to ruling PPM loyalist Hassan Ziyath, who is the older brother of MMPRC MD Abdulla Ziyath, currently under police arrest over the assassination attempt on Yameen. Hassan Ziyath had run for the Parliament on a PPM ticket in the 2014 parliamentary elections.
Earlier this month, an audit report published by the Auditor General's Office had revealed that the graft, which involved high placed government officials including president Abdulla Yameen's confidante and former vice president Ahmed Adeeb, to be valued at MVR 1.2 billion.
Maldives largest opposition party, MDP alleges that president Yameen is directly involved in the corruption.
Speaking exclusively to RaajjeTV on it's talk show FalaSurukhee Maldives former top auditor said that his estimations from calculating the amounts published by the Auditor General's Office suggest that the loot from MMPRC would be upwards of MVR 2.8 billion.
He said that the current observations didn't include possible bribes or other kickbacks given to senior government officials, which if thoroughly investigated would amount to MVR 2.8 billion.
Niyaz also alleges that if the Audit included other damages due to the leasing of lagoons and islands without a proper competitive bidding process, the loss to the state due to the MMPRC graft would be upwards of MVR 3.5 billion.
Speaking about the accountability of top government officials for the largest corruption scandal in the history of Maldives, Niyaz said that it became possible for influential people to subvert the system because of negligence from the top most layer of the government.
Niyaz said that as Auditor General, he had personally met with president Yameen to discuss corrupt practices of Yameen's confidante and then tourism minister Ahmed Adeeb. Niyaz alleged that the president had failed to take note of his findings, going so far as to suggest that the auditor was getting too personal with the tourism minister.
Niyaz was sacked from the Auditor General's post after he published a report exposing a corruption scandal of MVR 77.1 million (USD 5 million) involving Adeeb, MMPRC and state owned company Maldives Ports Limited (MPL). The audit report said that, MPL had transferred MVR 77.1 million to MMPRC to be exchanged for foreign currency, which was later transferred by MMPRC to two private companies controlled by Adeeb.
After the publication of the report in 2014, Adeeb declared the report a "political report" targeted to end his political career and within a week, the government coalition controlling the majority in the Parliament amended the Auditor General's Act and sacked Niyaz Ibrahim.
A new Auditor General was appointed shortly.
The post was given to ruling PPM loyalist Hassan Ziyath, who is the older brother of MMPRC MD Abdulla Ziyath, currently under police arrest over the assassination attempt on Yameen. Hassan Ziyath had run for the Parliament on a PPM ticket in the 2014 parliamentary elections.
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