A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Entrance to the High Court of the Maldives. PHOTO/MIHAARU The High Court on Wednesday upheld the 16-year jail sentence issued by the Juvenile Court on one of the perpetrators behind Ahmed Nizar’s murder in July 2013. Nizar was riding a motorcycle when he was attacked by a gang wielding wooden and metal sticks in Laamu […]
The elderly man who has been accused of sexually assaulting four sisters on the back of a motorbike in the capital Male. Reportedly he fled from his island when the allegations surfaced and moved to Male — The Criminal Court on Tuesday freed an elderly man who was accused of sexually assaulting four sisters in […]
Two Sri Lankan fishing boats were seized by the Maldives Coast Guard Tuesday evening as they were patrolling near one of the country’s most lucrative fishing zones. The vessels were spotted near Vaavu Atoll. “The boats are under our control now and we are trying to bring them to Malé. Each boat had five crew […]
Sumon Miah, the Bangladeshi national who confessed to killing Ismail Umar, a mechanic at the Ihavandhoo ice plant. Sumon Miah, who is charged with the murder of a local man in Haa Alif atoll Ihavandhoo island last Ramadan, pleaded guilty on Monday and gave a graphic description of the crime in court. The victim, Ismail […]
Nooshin Washeed was 14 when she first heard about murder in the Maldives: a secretary found dead in a bathroom with multiple stab wounds at the Chamber of Commerce. It was 2001. The victim was Azleena Nafees, she was 27. Nooshin recalls how shocked and scared people were over her death. It was the talk […]
Drugs seized in bust. PHOTO/POLICE Police announced that they have arrested two people and seized over seven kilograms of drugs after a raid on a godown. In a news conference held last Thursday, the Head of Maldives Police Services’ Drug Enforcement Department, Superintendent Moosa Ali, revealed that the drugs seized during the operation are estimated […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on the vfp.mv website on 17th November 2017. The following is a loose translation: President Abdulla Yameen’s tenure began on 17th November 2013, and it is four years to this date. In President Yameen’s tenure, he has undertaken many developmental projects, however, many corruption allegations were also directed at […]
“Mobile Corner” shop in Maafannu ward in the capital Male that was robbed early on November 23, 2017. MIHAARU PHOTO A shop in capital Male was robbed early on Thursday morning, which resulted in a loss of over MVR 200,000, including the damages caused to the shop, an employee revealed. “Mobile Corner” in Maafannu ward […]
The two convicted of murdering Hassan Abu Bakur. PHOTO/POLICE The High Court on Monday upheld the life sentence given to the two people convicted of the murder of Hassan Abu Bakur from the island of Maafaru in Noonu Atoll. In an attempt to commit robbery, Mohamed Faisal and Ahmed Naushad had bound, gagged and held […]