Adubarey among suspects charged over false land claims under Binveriya

Asaad Ali (Adubarey) a former national football star and state minister, is among the suspects charged in the case involving the alleged submission of forged documents to obtain land plots under the Binveriya housing scheme.

Adubarey is charged with providing a forged document – a charge that carries a sentence of one year, six months and six days in prison.

Eight other people were pressed with the same charge. They are:

• Maryam Saee, Hazaarumaage, S. Hithadhoo
• Aishath Mauroofa, Dhafthar no. 9044
• Eema Waheed, Dhil, Dhoodigan, Gn. Fuvahmulah
• Mohamed Adam, Hulhumale’ flat 46-G-02
• Abdul Majeed Mahir, Jameela, HA. Dhidhdhoo
• Hussain Zahir Zain, M. Westcoast, K. Male’
• Ahmed Ali, M. Falhumatheege, K. Male’

Two others were charged with producing a forged document. They are:

• Ahmed Atheeq Abdulla, G. Poolbahaaruge, K. Male’
• Ahmed Mazin, Daisymaage, N. Velidhoo

They face one year, seven months and six days in prison.

Adubarey, a close aide to former tourism minister Ali Waheed, had served as a state minister during the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) administration that got elected in 2018. Ali Waheed was later dismissed following serious allegations of sexual assault, and Adubarey signed as a guarantor with the court to allow Ali Waheed to leave the country for medical purposes amid the trial. The former tourism minister later went on the run in the UK, and Adubarey was dismissed after he was sentenced to 15 days in prison for contempt of court over the incident.

Adubarey is also on trial for assault in a separate case.