A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Hussein Waheed: the Juvenile Court has put two people on the death row for murdering Hussein Waheed. PHOTO/POLICE The High court on Wednesday upheld the Juvenile Court’s death penalty sentence on one of the killers convicted for murdering Hussain Waheed with a sharp weapon in the capital Male. The perpetrator was a minor when the […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Vfp.mv website on 23rd November 2017. The following is a loose translation: Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH)’s 25-storey building is the first building to stand that tall in the Maldives. However, the way the construction of the building was awarded and the project cost raises suspicion and foul […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 21st November 2017. The following is a loose translation: Maldives High Court has maintained the sentence for the father who sexually assaulted his twins children in Noonu Atoll Manadhoo Island. The sexual predator who is from an island from Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, was sentenced by […]
Police officers stand guard during an operation. FILE PHOTO/MIHAARU Mihaaru has found out that the police have arrested and are investigating two individuals accused of creating an improvised explosive device (IED), one of whom is a leader of a gang in capital Male. The two men are also accused of having connections with foreign terror […]
Two Maldivian men charged with terrorism were planning to carry out a suicide attack in the capital Malé, officials confirmed Wednesday. Ishag Ali, from Madduvari island in Raa atoll, and Hussein Afeef, from Fuvahmulah City in the southern Maldives, were named by prosecutors and are alleged by police to have connections to the Islamic State […]
The former boss of the Maldives’ tourism promotion company has pleaded not guilty to 30 charges relating to the country’s largest-ever corruption scandal, facing 90 years in prison if convicted on all counts. Abdulla Ziyath, who managed the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation, is accused of misappropriating US$44 million (MVR721 million) by leasing islands […]
Two men have been hospitalised after being stabbed in the Maldivian capital Tuesday evening. They were attacked on Fareedhee Magu, near MHA Mart, police confirmed and are being treated in Male’s Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital. One of them is in a critical condition after his intestines fell out and require surgery, news outlet Mihaaru cited […]
“Athletica”, a store that sells fitness equipment and supplements was robbed early on November 15, 2017. MIHAARU PHOTO / HUSSEIN WAHEED A local store that sells fitness equipment and supplements was robbed early on Wednesday morning. According to the owner of “Athletica” in the Maafannu ward of the capital Male, a total of MVR 42,000 […]
Police officers on duty: two individuals were stabbed in the capital Male on November 14, 2017. Police arrested a group of people in relation to the stabbing hours after the incident occurred. PHOTO / MIHAARU The police have taken a group of suspects into custody in relation to the stabbing incident that took place in […]