Malaysian news outlets have reported that two Maldivian nationals were apprehended in a major anti-terrorism operation that took place last month. According to sources, a 29-year-old and a 33-year-old from the Maldives were arrested on August 7 in an operation that was conducted after gathering intelligence on a potential terrorist attack in Malaysia. The two […]
Gender Minister Aminath Zeneesha Shaheed Zaki pictured with some children, heading to the recently opened Schwack Cinema in Hulhumale. PHOTO/GENDER MINISTRY Ministry of Gender and Family announced that it received 126 reports of child abuse cases in the month of July. Statistics show that, with 48 percent, child abuse cases make up the highest percentage […]
A police officer making an arrest — The Criminal Court has ordered the release of a man who was arrested by police officers in plain clothing. The man was arrested on suspicion of using and selling drugs. The court ordered his release as he was arrested in contravention of Section 40 of the Criminal Procedure […]
Satellite image of K. Himmafushi The Thulusdhoo Magistrate Court in Kaafu atoll has ordered to remand a local man, who is under arrest in connection to the death of an expatriate in Himmafushi island, until the end of his trial. The local was arrested Tuesday after a Bangladeshi national, 38, employed at the Life water […]
by Azra Naseem In the early hours of the morning on 8 August 2014, journalist and blogger Ahmed Rilwan (28), was captured on CCTV boarding a ferry from Male’ to Hulhumale’. It is the last known and verifiable movements of Rilwan who, it has been widely reported, was abducted later that morning from his apartment in […]
Hey, you there? Very sad to say this but they’ve stabbed Yamin to death. The Twitter DM arrived in my inbox at 3:48 in the morning on Sunday the 23rd of April. I was in Europe, five hours behind Male’ time. It was another three hours before I switched my phone on and looked at […]