Judicial Service Commission of the Maldives has begun investigating Ahmed Hailam the chief judge of the Criminal Court. 

The Commission did not reveal the details of the case. Ahmed Hailam was appointed to the bench of the court in January 2018. He was made the chief judge of the court in mid-2018. 

Judge Hailam is also presiding over President Yameen’s case.

The JSC has also begun investigating another case of Judge Abdullah Didi of the Supreme Court. Abdullah Didi is abroad at the moment.