DATE: 2009-03-31
Various companies still owed Voice of Maldives and Television Maldives a total of Rf7.62 million in unpaid bills, the Maldives National Broadcasting Corporation (MNBC) has said.
Speaking on the anniversary edition of the “Raajje Miadhu” program on TVM, the Managing Director of MNBC Ibrahim Khaleel said that the invoices had been made during the last 14 years. Khaleel said that the Rf6.6 million owed to TVM and Rf1.02 owed to Voice of Maldives in unpaid bills were the ‘scariest things’ he’s faced since he took charge of the MNBC.
“The money is something that is owed to the government, the country,” he said. “Going through the documents I’ve noticed that not enough effort had been put into recovering the money. Those who use our service should pay for the service.”
He further said that during the time when pay-channel TVM Plus had been in operations, 436 customers who had purchased the digital decoders still owed Rf880,000 in unpaid subscription fees.
