Maldives Former Leader's Bank Accounts Frozen

Authorities in the Maldives have frozen bank accounts linked to former president Abdulla Yameen. Officials say the accounts hold a total of $6.5 million. Suspicions  that Yameen had received over $1 million in illegal payments have dogged him since his failed bid for re-election earlier this year.     Yameen's path to a second five-year term seemed assured with his main rivals either in jail or in exile.   Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih,...

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