Authorities silent over Luthufee capture
The fugitive has been in captivity at the Maldives embassy in Colombo for over two months.
25 Jun 2019, 9:00 AM
The authorities are refusing to disclose to the media information about the capture of wanted fugitive Abdullah Luthufee, 69, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Luthufee, who was serving a commuted death sentence for an armed coup attempt in 1988, escaped while on a medical visit to India in 2010.
The authorities have been attempting to capture him since and he is on an Interpol red notice for “abscondment … while undergoing treatement in India”.
The armed coup attempt of 1988 saw 19 Maldivians murdered, as mercenaries from a terrorist organisation in Sri Lanka attempted to take over the government.
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