Several secret witnesses Sunday testified against three men charged with attempt to join a foreign conflict.
The three men had allegedly traveled to Turkey in February and had attempted to enter war torn Syria before they were arrested on the Turkish border.
The evidence present by the state included several secret witnesses, audio analysis reports, police intelligence reports and social media chat logs.
The witnesses had testified that the three had openly admitted to intending to join the jihadists in Syria before they had left the Maldives.
The defence had also urged the court to allow for secret witnesses claiming the risk of state influence. The request however, was rejected by the judge presiding over the trial.
Maldives authorities have looked to stem the flow of locals joining the Syrian war, where various sources claims that Maldives has the highest number of fighters in Syria per capita.
Government has looked to take measures to curb the rising extremist ideologies in the island nation with the parliament in August passed a national policy on terrorism.
