The company defrauded dozens of people who paid to perform the pilgrimage.
In an open letter, local officials, MPs and resort operators are calling on President Solih to tackle the scourge of plastic waste.
Op-ed by Lei Lei Song, regional economic advisor for the Asian Development Bank.
China has financed Maldives projects with loans in excess of a billion dollars.
The elections body said a total of 423 complaints had been received by Thursday.
China has been accused of land-grabbing and dragging the Maldives into a debt-trap.
India and China could work together in the Maldives, said the Global Times.
The ruling party wants voting complaints investigated.
The Maldives is heavily indebted to China.
The government has been aiming for 1.5 million annual tourist arrivals for several years.
Foreign governments are happy with the election outcome.
Election law states that those in line by the time polls close are entitled to cast their vote.
The sculptures were part of a semi-submerged gallery at the Fairmont Maldives Sirru Fen Fushi.
The opposition candidate's office was raided on the eve of the election.
The raid came on the eve of a presidential election.
Clerics and politicians said the sculptures were un-Islamic.
One man can be heard saying Allah Akbar as a sculpture crashes into the ocean.
