Former Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has been released on bail a week after his estranged half-brother Abdulla Yameen was defeated in a presidential election.
Gayoom, the Indian Ocean island nation's
longest-serving leader, and his legislator son Faris Maumoon were
released on Sunday Sep 30,2018 by the High Court in capital Male after they filed
fresh appeals against their controversial convictions.
Gayoom was arrested in Feb 2018
along with the country's chief justice and another Supreme Court judge
for attempting to topple Yameen, who declared a 45-day state of
emergency to block his impeachment.
Gayoom was serving a 19-month jail term for obstruction of justice and was also under trial on a "terrorism" charge.
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