$300 million worth of oil to Myanmar's military dictatorship in the early 2000s; with nearly half the money disappearing. In May 2016, the U.K. government granted Nasheed political refugee status. On 26 November 2018, the Supreme Court of the Maldives overturned Nasheed's sentence, saying that he had been charged wrongfully and the case against him should have not gone to trial. It had previously upheld the conviction in 2016, during the Yameen administration. Speaker of the People's Majlis On 28 May 2019, Nasheed was elected as Speaker of the People's Majlis, the legislative body of the Maldives, with 67 votes in favour. Due to pandemic restrictions in 2020, Nasheed oversaw a transition to online parliamentary sessions from March through May. The "Virtual Chamber" setup allowed all MPs to participate remotely, with parliamentary media staff hosting the livestream. Gotabaya Rajapaksa flight In the early hours of 13 July 2022, Nasheed helped Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife, who were fleeing Sri Lanka. Nasheed had arranged for emergency clearance for the Sri Lanka Air Force flight carrying Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards. Rajapaksa was due to step down that day after months of public protests. The intervention by Nasheed was met with criticism from the Sri Lankan public. Rajapaksa flew to Singapore on 14 July and submitted his resignation. Nasheed subsequently stated that Rajapaksa would not have resigned if he were still in Sri Lanka. Maldivian Democratic Party Primary On June 2022, Mohamed Nasheed announced that he would be running for the Maldivian Democratic Party’s 2023 nomination for president, contesting the incumbent President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. He accuses the President of enacting policies that are contrary to the founding principles and ideology of the party. There were also allegations that the President had removed members from the party that were less likely to vote for him to potentially twist the election in his favor. He lost to President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who won with 61.10% of the vote. Attempted assassination On Thursday, 6 May 2021 at 8:39 pm MVT (UTC+5), Nasheed was the target of an assassination attempt that also wounded two of his bodyguards in addition to a British tourist and another bystander. A device that had been fixed to a motorbike was detonated as Nasheed got into a car outside his home. President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih responded to the blast as an attack on the country's democracy