Maldives: Yameen’s aide charged for embezzlement

COLOMBO: Prosectors in the Maldives on Sunday charged a top aide of former leader Abdulla Yameen with embezzling millions of dollars from the tropical tourist paradise. The charges against former justice minister Azima Shakoor come days after Yameen was hit with his own indictment on graft charges. Maldivian police said it has proof linking Yameen and Shakoor to the theft of millions from the country.