Maldives court to accept Skype testimony in missing journalist trial

Presiding Judge Adam Arif will permit Moosa Rilwan to give evidence by Skype this Thursday in order to prove that no other member of Rilwan’s family has been in a car connected to the kidnapping, local media reported.

Alif Rauf and Mohamed Nooradeen are accused of forcing the journalist into a car at knife-point outside his apartment building in August 2014. The DNA found inside the vehicle, which allegedly belongs to Rauf, matches that of Rilwan’s mother.

The state wants Moosa Rilwan to give evidence to show that it is his brother’s DNA. Rilwan’s mother and sister have already told the court they have not been in the car.