Qasim ordered to return to the country on Tuesday

Leader of the Jumhooree Party, Qasim Ibrahim, currently in Singapore for medical treatment, has been ordered to return to the Maldives on Tuesday by the Maldives Correctional Service.

Information Officer of the Correctional Service, Ahmed Lugman said that they had extended Qasim's stay abroad the first time and so when that duration expires, Qasim has to return to the country.

Lugman said that Qasim's family requestion a second extension of his medical visit but the Medical Board has denied the request.

Qasim's son, Mohamed Yagsan Qasim, said that doctors have advised to monitor Qasim closely until his condition is stable. And the doctor's have not cleared him to fly until December.

Qasim was sentenced to three years, two months and 12 days for bribery, in absentia, while at the hospital on August 24. His sentence was later amended and he was granted permission to serve his sentence under house arrest.