Former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has said the funds in the bank accounts of SOF Private Limited were not declared illegal by any court or an investigative authority.
After spending four hours in the police headquarters to sign the statements on money laundering, the former president told the media the police summoned him to sign two statements.
Moreover, Yameen expressed if the funds in the SOF accounts were attained in acts of corruption, a public circular should be issued. He said there is no ground for him to return the USD 1 million deposited to his account in Maldives Islamic Bank (MIB).
However, the former president signed an agreement with Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to hand over the amount to the state. Although he transferred USD1 million to a joint account opened with ACC at Bank of Maldives (BML), the amount was not the deposit made to MIB by SOF.