Soon Gasim’s business interests were targeted and he was hit with a $100 million fine for delay in developing the islands that were leased out to him. His bank accounts were _____________, his business temporarily crippled; so much so that he _____________ pay salaries of thousands of his employees. Gasim was forced to make a deal with then Tourism Minister, now elevated to the post of Vice President, Mohd. Adheeb, widely _____________ the money bag of the President. Never before had the Tourism Industry, the mainstay of the country’s economy had been caught in the crosshairs of country’s politics. Yameen soon realized that _____________ inviting the wrath of thousands of employees, it is better to strike down Gasim’s political ambitions.