The substances that were found on the Indian nationals who were attempting to smuggle drugs via Sri Lanka to Addu City. PHOTO / POLICE MEDIA A group of Indian nationals, who attempted to smuggle a large haul of drugs into the Maldives on a plane, has been freed by the Hithadhoo Magistrate Court. According to […]
Engineers repair a generator in Fenaka’s powerhouse in Fuvahmulah. Corruption in Fenaka Corporation’s business transactions, particularly in purchase of US Dollars and fuel, had caused the state losses amounting to millions of Rufiyaa, according to the latest audit report on the state-run utilities company. The audit report, signed by Auditor General Hassan Ziyath, was released […]
Former Managing Director of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) Abdhullah Ziyath being escorted to the police with Maldives Correctional Service (MCS) staff. PHOTO / MIHAARU Over 33 charges have been levied against the former Managing Director of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), Abdulla Ziyath, and the hearings for the individual charges […]
Two suspects charged in connection with the August 2014 abduction of journalist Ahmed Rilwan appeared in court Wednesday for the first hearing of their terrorism trial. Judge Ali Arif gave Aalif Rauf and Mohamed Nooradeen – who remain free unlike other terror defendants – ten days to hire lawyers. As the family of the third […]
Fenaka powerhouse in Fuvahmulah island. PHOTO/FENAKA The latest audit report on Fenaka Corporation has exposed major cases of corruption within the state run utilities company. The report signed by Auditor General Hassan Ziyath was released Wednesday amidst loud public accusations of Fenaka being a “graft hub”. The report appears to confirm the speculations as the […]
Maldives Independent journalist Ahmed Rilwan. He went missing on August 8, 2014. A suspect who is charged with terrorism over the abduction of Maldives Independent journalist Ahmed Rilwan has been declared dead by his family, according to the judge presiding over the case. Mohamed Suaid, of Hulhudhoo ward in Addu City, is one of three […]
Mohamed Saaz (R), 21, of Thaa atoll Kinbidhoo island, and Afrah Abdul Razzaq, 21, of capital Male: the two are wanted in connection to the murder of Mohamed Anas in July 2017. PHOTO/POLICE Maldives Police Service launched a manhunt on Wednesday for two suspects wanted in connection to the murder of Mohamed Anas in late […]
Taxpayer Service Centre in MIRA’s main office. FILE PHOTO/MIHAARU The Civil Court has sentenced two individuals who were evading taxes to a month of house arrest. Even though the two individuals were sentenced separately, the court had found them both guilty of evading the Goods and Services Tax (GST) they owed to Maldives Inland Revenue […]
A 45-year-old man has been arrested on a southern island on suspicion of sexually abusing a six-year-old girl who was previously victimised by a different perpetrator. A police media official said the Maldivian suspect was taken into custody Monday night from the island in Gaaf Alif atoll. A 35-year-old Bangladeshi migrant worker was arrested in […]