The family of Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim has asked Maldivian authorities to extend his medical leave for a fourth time on doctor’s advice. According to local media reports, Gasim’s son Ibrahim Siyad Gasim wrote to the Maldives Correctional Service saying doctors had advised him to stay in Singapore until October 28 for tests. Gasim, […]
Taxpayer Service Centre in MIRA’s main office. FILE PHOTO/MIHAARU Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA) has filed 12 cases of tax evasion at the Civil Court. The lawsuits were filed on September 27 against companies and individuals for evading the Goods and Services Tax (GST) they owed to MIRA. Collectively, all 12 parties owe MVR 5 […]
Raajje TV has plans to appeal the Maldives Broadcasting Commission decision to fine the station, also saying Monday it is suing the police for negligence over a 2013 arson attack that destroyed its studio. The opposition-aligned station was fined MVR 500,000 ($32,467) for airing comments the broadcasting regulator claimed posed a threat to national security […]
Yameen Rasheed, 29-year-old, popular blogger and human rights defender from the Maldives, was brutally murdered on 23 April 2017. While the horrific attack was widely condemned both within and outside the country, so far belief in justice for Yameen has been hampered by serious questions related to the integrity of the investigation. The decision to […]
The legal team of MP Faris Maumoon have questioned the court’s authority to proceed with his identity fraud trial. Faris, the son of former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, was charged with identity fraud over the use of the flag and logo of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives at a joint opposition press conference in […]
Staff of Raajje TV pose with a check of over MVR 5 million raised by the station to relieve the plight of the Rohingya. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) has again fined local television channel Raajje TV, this time by MVR 500,000, for broadcasting content that defamed President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom. This […]
Suspects arrested in connection with the sudden and unexplained deaths of two young people in Hulhumale have been released. Ahmed Haameen, a 22-year-old from the island of Thimarafushi in Thaa atoll, and 18-year-old Fathmath Sama, from the capital Malé, died at Hulhumalé beach after renting a guesthouse room for a birthday party on September 28. […]
Fathmath Sama, 18 (L) and Ahmed Hamin, 21 (R) – the two individuals who passed away after experiencing chest pains whilst under the influence of illicit substances — Police have released four people who were arrested over the sudden deaths of two youths in reclaimed suburb Hulhumale late last month. Ahmed Hamin, 21, and Fathmath […]
Three opposition lawmakers were Thursday summoned to police headquarters as investigations continue into the alleged obstruction and assault of security officers inside the parliament chamber earlier this year. Ali Azim and Mohamed Nazim of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, and independent MP Hussain Areef signed statements after being interrogated at the Shaheed Hussain Adam […]