Colombo
Outgoing Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has told the Supreme Court that disappearing ink and specially treated ballot papers were to blame for his heavy election defeat last month.

The comments came as the court considered a petition by Yameen to have the September 23 election result annulled due to what his party called “rampant” vote-rigging.On Monday afternoon, the five-judge bench put off the case until Tuesday when it will announce whether to allow testimony from three unnamed witness named by Yameen’s lawyers.

His lawyers told a packed court room that the trio of yet unnamed witnesses could substantiate Yameen’s allegations.