A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Ex-VP Ahmed Adheeb escorted back to Dhoonidhoo detention centre after his preliminary hearing at the Criminal Court. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Maldives Correctional Service (MCS) has discontinued all medical services to the now jailed former Vice President Ahmed Adheeb, his family claimed on Sunday. In a statement that was published by Adheeb’s family, they claimed that […]
State witnesses have testified in favour of human trafficking suspects said to have brought large numbers of migrants to the country by submitting fraudulent documents to the immigration department. Mohamed Muahmar and Hussain Sunaih are suspected of trafficking by submitting fake construction agreements to obtain an immigration permit. They face charges of human trafficking, lying […]
Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) last Thursday, disclosing that the mismanaged company had amassed a staggering MVR300 million debt. The High Court has ordered a private firm to pay MVR 1.1 million to Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) over failing to reimburse some assets issued by the latter. The state fisheries company had released goods […]
High Court of Maldives PHOTO:Nishan Ali/Mihaaru The High Court on Thursday annulled the case of an individual who was found guilty of dealing drugs and sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment, upon the request of the Prosecutor General (PG)’s Office. The Criminal Court had found Abdul Fa’thaah from the island of Rasmaadhoo in Raa Atoll guilty of […]
Raajje TV journalists hold peaceful protest against Broadcasting Commission at the Maldives Journalism Awards 2016 held in October 2017. PHOTO/MIHAARU Opposition aligned television channel Raajje TV has filed at the Civil Court, seeking to delay the deadline of the station’s latest fine for defaming the president. Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) had fined Raajje TV by […]
The prisons authority has stopped medical treatment for Ahmed Adeeb after his wife refused to sign a consent form for administering an injection, the jailed former vice president’s family has alleged. Adeeb’s family said in a statement Sunday morning that the Maldives Correctional Services push to give him the injection ostensibly for a CT scan […]
Mohamed Anas, 25, of Raa atoll Meedhoo island The Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday forwarded charges against five more suspects over the murder of Mohamed Anas, who was stabbed to death in capital Male in late July. The five suspects are Usman Shareef of Male, Ahmed Zayan of Lhaviyani atoll Kurendhoo island, Junaih Abdulla of […]
The prosecutor general’s office has charged a Maldivian man over the death of a Bangladeshi migrant worker in Kaafu atoll Himmafushi island. The 38-year-old was found dead in August inside Life Beverages water bottling plant, where he worked. PG spokesman Ahmed Thaufeeq said the unnamed Maldivian was charged with non-consensual touching and criminal coercion. Two […]
Opposition lawmaker Ahmed Faris Maumoon has been temporarily transferred to house arrest from Maafushi Prison. Faris, the eldest son of former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, was arrested in July in the midst of a series of attempts by the opposition coalition to remove Parliament Speaker Abdulla Maseeh. An official Maldives Correctional Services document, a copy […]