A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Crime scene barrier tape A man who stole clothes off a drying rack in a house in capital Male has been sentenced to four months and 24 days in prison by the Criminal Court. The court revealed on Sunday that the man was sentenced on two separate charges last week for the crime that he […]
Former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim was transferred to house arrest last Thursday with the prisons authority citing repairs in his unit at the high-security Maafushi jail. The retired colonel has been shifted between jail and house arrest since early 2015 when he was found guilty of weapons smuggling and sentenced to 11 years. In January […]
Streets of Male: The police had apprehended four men who attempted to rob a shop on Ameenee Magu on December 17, 2017. PHOTO / MIHAARU Four people who had attempted to rob ‘Villa Trade Centre 5’ in the capital Male was arrested early on Sunday morning. According to the police, three men were attempting to […]
Police officers on scene of an accident in Hulhumale. A youth has been charged for an accident that took place in reclaimed suburb Hulhumale last August, in which a person died. In Thursday’s hearing at the Juvenile Court, the prosecution stated that the minor had been speeding on a motorcycle and crashed into a man […]
Murder charges have been raised over the fatal stabbing of two young men in late September, the Prosecutor General’s office informed media Thursday. Three suspects were charged in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Moosa Ahmed in the Maafanu ward of the capital on September 23. The prime suspect, Sammaah Ahmed Fathuhy, 18, was charged with […]
Expatriate workers at work in a construction site. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU Police have rescued a Bangladeshi national that was kidnapped in the capital Male last week and arrested two other Bangladeshi men in connection with the crime. Maldives Police Service revealed Wednesday that the kidnapping was reported on Monday last week, but did not disclose further […]
Expatriate workers at work in a construction site. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU Police revealed Wednesday that they are investigating a case of a Bangladeshi national who was kidnapped in the Maldives. According to Maldives Police Service, the kidnapping was reported last Monday and two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested in connection to the case since then. […]
Mohamed Anas, 25, of Raa atoll Meedhoo island The minor who is being charged with murdering Mohamed Anas last July pleaded not guilty at the Juvenile Court on Monday. The minor, who is 17-years-old, is being charged with first-degree murder, along with several others, for intimidating and attacking Anas with a sharp object. According to […]
Last Sunday the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives celebrated the “great successes in the areas of protecting, promoting and sustaining human rights” in the country. The statement, marking Human Rights Day, lamented how “harassment, mockery, defamation and hateful acts have increased and acts that are harmful to a person’s life have also increased.” Such […]