A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
A street in L. Mundoo. FILE PHOTO/POLICE Laamu atoll Mundoo island council’s deputy president Adam Nasif of opposition Jumhoory Party (JP) was arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman on Sunday night. According to the police spokesperson, the 30-year-old deputy ouncillor and another man of 19 years were arrested in connection to the case. A member of […]
A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a teenage girl, according to police spokesman Javid Ismail. According to the police media group on Viber, the arrest took place late Saturday night. The 18-year-old alleged victim told the Maldives Independent she was raped in the capital on Wednesday night and was […]
A photograph released on social media, allegedly of a police vehicle driving off with a 34-year-old man arrested over allegedly sexually assaulting a woman. PHOTO/HUSSAIN SINAN A man was arrested late Saturday over allegedly sexually assaulting a woman last Wednesday in capital Male. Police captured the 34-year-old suspect under a court warrant in Thinadhoo island […]
The alleged rape of a teenager by a senior lawmaker’s relative must be investigated by police, MPs said Saturday, as Twitter users accused the ruling party of a cover-up. The 18-year old told the Maldives Independent she was raped in the capital on Wednesday night and was offered hush money by her attacker, who claimed […]
A teenager who was allegedly raped by a relative of a senior ruling party lawmaker was offered hush money by her attacker, who claimed he had assaulted other young women. The 18-year-old told the Maldives Independent she was raped in the capital on Wednesday night and that she had reported the incident in detail to […]
Environment ministry’s senior policy executive, Mohamed Haanim, speaks to reporters. PHOTO/SUN ONLINE The environment ministry’s senior policy executive, Mohamed Haanim, and former commissioner of prisons, Moosa Azim, are under probe for illegally sending off Ibrahim “Safa” Shafaaz Abdulla to Sri Lanka while he was imprisoned for a drug case. The Criminal Court is investigating the […]
Photo: Avas.mv A 23-year-old was stabbed in the capital while under state care, local media reported. The man was receiving treatment from the National Drug Agency and was attacked Wednesday while on the back of a pick-up truck outside the agency’s building in Malé, Avas said. The NDA confirmed to Avas he was stabbed on […]
The Prosecutor General’s office has ordered an anti-corruption watchdog to drop charges against senior Fenaka officials over abuse of power allegations in a foreign exchange transaction, local media has reported. The Anti-Corruption Commission launched an inquiry more than a year ago into the theft of US$1million from the state-owned utility. Fenaka reportedly released MVR17 million […]
The former managing director of the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation cannot be tried on fresh corruption charges because he was never questioned about the case, his lawyers told the criminal court on Thursday. Abdullah Ziyath faces more than 30 counts of corruption for misappropriating US$44 million (MVR721 million) by leasing islands and lagoons […]