Maldives police investigating opposition presidential candidate

Maldives police said Tuesday the opposition’s presidential candidate was being investigated for “deliberately telling lies about the police.”

Police spokesman Ahmed Shifan told the press that Ibrahim Mohamed Solih – popularly known as Ibu – had lied during a campaign trip to Noonu atoll on Monday.

The presidential hopeful had lied “on live TV and in front of Maalhendhoo people” when he said police had asked a man’s political affiliation while his boat was sinking.

“In a speech Ibrahim Mohamed Solih gave at N. Maalhendhoo he said a boat crossing Gallandhoo Kandu started sinking and when that person (on the boat) reported the matter to the police, police said they could only help if he supported a certain someone,” said Shifan.