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Man charged with drug trafficking shifted to house arrest

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Picture of seized drugs — The Criminal Court has transferred a man, who was remanded after being caught with a haul of drugs, to house arrest. The decision was made at the final remand hearing of the defendant held on Wednesday. Judge Adam Areef had cited the defendant’s “delicate health” as the reason for transferring […]

Opposition Jumhoory Party (JP) leader Qasim Ibrahim being taken to Velana International Airport (VIA) by Maldives Correctional Service (MCS) officers. He was given permission to depart to Singapore on Wednesday evening.

Qasim’s family appeals to extend his medical leave

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  Opposition Jumhoory Party (JP) leader Qasim Ibrahim being taken to Velana International Airport (VIA) by Maldives Correctional Service (MCS) officers. He was given permission to depart to Singapore on Wednesday evening. After opposition Jumhoory Party (JP)’s leader Qasim Ibrahim’s doctors advised that his treatment will take up to three months, his family on Saturday […]

Unseated MPs urge top court to “clarify verdict”

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Maduvvari MP Mohamed Ameeth (L), Thulusdhoo MP Mohamed Waheed Ibrahim (C) and Villingilli MP Saud Hussain speak to reporters. PHOTO/MIHAARU The four lawmakers who were notoriously “expelled” from the parliament, on Saturday got together to emphasise the dire need for the Supreme Court to clarify its verdict regarding their disqualification. In an ambiguous verdict that […]

JP spokesperson summoned to police

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Jumhoory Party’s Secretary General, Ahmed Sameer. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU The police on Thursday night summoned opposition Jumhoory Party (JP)’s secretary-general Ahmed Sameer to take his statement for their case against him. Sameer is being investigated for allegedly obstructing a police officer in a rally that took place in front of the opposition party’s main party […]

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Man charged with drug peddling shifted to house arrest

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Picture of seized drugs — The Criminal Court has transferred a man, who was remanded after being caught with a haul of drugs, to house arrest. The decision was made at the final remand hearing of the defendant held on Wednesday. Judge Adam Areef had cited the defendant’s “delicate health” as the reason for transferring […]

Qasim Ibrahim (R) with his lawyers at the VIP lounge in Velana International Airport (VIA) before departing to Singapore.

Qasim’s legal team prepares to appeal imprisonment sentence

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Qasim Ibrahim (R) with his lawyers at the VIP lounge in Velana International Airport (VIA) before departing to Singapore. The lawyers of opposition Jumhoory Party (JP)’s leader Qasim Ibrahim on Thursday announced that they will be appealing his bribery conviction at the High Court. The Criminal Court on August 25 slapped the former Maamigili lawmaker […]

Gasim departs for Singapore on 10-day medical leave

Gasim departs for Singapore on 10-day medical leave

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Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim departed for Singapore late Wednesday night after the Maldives Correctional Service authorised a 10-day medical leave for the convicted opposition lawmaker. The 67-year-old business tycoon was allowed to leave with a travel document nearly two weeks after he was found guilty of attempted bribery and sentenced to more than three […]

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Sameer summoned to the police again

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Secretary General of Jumhooree Party, Ahmed Sameer has been summoned to the police again. After being arrested near the Jumhooree Party hall at Maafannu Kunooz on 16 August 2017, he was released after a the court set some conditions on him. But police have summoned him before to take statements in their investigation. The Jumhooree […]

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Jumhoory Party leader “too ill” to be shifted to house arrest

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Jumhoory Party leader Qasim Ibrahim speaks to Mihaaru. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU Jumhoory Party (JP)’s Secretary General Ahmed Sameer on Tuesday claimed that the party’s leader Qasim Ibrahim is “too ill” to be under house arrest. Maldives Correctional Service (MCS) late on Thursday agreed to transfer the former Maamigili MP, who has been convicted of bribery, to […]