A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The security control of jailed former vice president Ahmed Adeeb’s prison cell has been assigned to Special Operations police. SO officers began managing the cell’s security on Thursday, a source told Raajje.mv. Adeeb’s cell was raided last week by police on suspicion that he was a hiding a mobile phone and using it to contact […]
Photo: SunOnline A 24-year-old man has been arrested on Rasdhoo island in Alif Alif atoll for allegedly attacking a member of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives. SunOnline reported the suspect was remanded for 10 days. The injured man, Ahmed Waheed, was treated in hospital on Rasdhoo. He sustained minor head injuries. Waheed ran for […]
Photo: Sun.mv Esa Khaleel, a former councillor of Malé Atoll Kaashidhoo, was found dead Sunday in a dinghy at the island’s harbour. Ali Sultan, Kaashidhoo island council’s current president, told the Maldives Independent that youths found him lying unconscious on a dinghy at around 3pm. The dinghy was not tied to the jetty and was floating […]
A man arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a teenage girl has been detained for 15 days, reports local media. The 34-year-old, who was arrested on the island of Thinadoo in Gaaf Dhaal atoll, was taken to the island’s magistrate court last night. Under the Maldives Constitution, a person arrested on suspicion of […]
A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a teenage girl, according to police spokesman Javid Ismail. According to the police media group on Viber, the arrest took place late Saturday night. The 18-year-old alleged victim told the Maldives Independent she was raped in the capital on Wednesday night and was […]
The alleged rape of a teenager by a senior lawmaker’s relative must be investigated by police, MPs said Saturday, as Twitter users accused the ruling party of a cover-up. The 18-year old told the Maldives Independent she was raped in the capital on Wednesday night and was offered hush money by her attacker, who claimed […]
A teenager who was allegedly raped by a relative of a senior ruling party lawmaker was offered hush money by her attacker, who claimed he had assaulted other young women. The 18-year-old told the Maldives Independent she was raped in the capital on Wednesday night and that she had reported the incident in detail to […]
Photo: Avas.mv A 23-year-old was stabbed in the capital while under state care, local media reported. The man was receiving treatment from the National Drug Agency and was attacked Wednesday while on the back of a pick-up truck outside the agency’s building in Malé, Avas said. The NDA confirmed to Avas he was stabbed on […]
The Prosecutor General’s office has ordered an anti-corruption watchdog to drop charges against senior Fenaka officials over abuse of power allegations in a foreign exchange transaction, local media has reported. The Anti-Corruption Commission launched an inquiry more than a year ago into the theft of US$1million from the state-owned utility. Fenaka reportedly released MVR17 million […]