A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Jailed former vice president Ahmed Adeeb is being charged for bribing intelligence officials while he was in government. A spokesman from the Prosecutor General’s office told the Maldives Independent a case against Adeeb was forwarded to the criminal court on Tuesday. The charges are bribery and official misconduct. According to Raajjemv, Adeeb stands accused of […]
Two high ranking former officials have been charged with misuse of authority, three years after an investigation revealed their involvement in letting a high profile drug trafficker leave the country illegally. A spokesman from the Prosecutor General’s office told media on Thursday that a case against former prisons commissioner, Moosa Azim, and former deputy home […]
The police headquarters, Shaheedh Hussain Adam Building in the capital Male. PHOTO / MIHAARU There were fewer crimes reported in 2017 compared to the statistics of 2016, Maldives Police Service revealed on Tuesday. According to statistics published by the police, there were 13,580 cases filed at the police in 2016. However, in 2017, the amount […]
Six people were brutally killed in the Maldives in 2017 despite a low rate of crime compared to the previous year, police statistics have shown. According to the stats, 12,745 cases were reported last year in comparison to the 13,580 cases reported in 2016. Theft was the most reported crime in 2017, at 3,503 incidents, […]
The Maldives is ready to carry out executions, local media has reported a government minister as saying, ending a six-decade moratorium on capital punishment. Home Minister Azleen Ahmed told Raajje TV that work has been completed on building a place to carry out the death penalty and that executions will resume as soon as legal […]
The criminal court on Wednesday ordered the return of large amounts of alcohol seized from a tourist liveaboard by the police in a raid last week. The verdict came after the owner of the liveaboard lodged a case in court claiming the alcohol was seized in violation of the criminal procedures act. In an operation […]
Five people have been charged over the sudden death of two young people earlier this year. 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. Initial reports suggested […]
Jailed former vice president Ahmed Adeeb cannot be transferred from jail to house arrest, Maldives Correctional Services has told his family. Adeeb’s family asked for the the transfer, saying his doctors had ordered him to live in a dust-free place and refrain from lifting heavy objects. His wife said dust was in his cell and […]
Five out of seven suspects standing trial for the murder of Mohamed Anas pleaded not guilty at the criminal court on Monday. Usman Shareef, 23, Ahmed Zayan, 19, Mohamed Shaz, 21, and Afrah Abdul Razzaq, 21, are accused of carrying out the murder while Junaih Abdulla, 19, Hassan Mahfooz, 22, and Simah Moosa, 23, were charged with aiding and […]