Maldives president lied about crime rates
There has not been a 35 percent drop in violent crime since the president took office.
16 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen lied about there being a 35 percent drop in violent crime during his first term in office, a Maldives Independent fact-checking exercise has found.
Yameen made the claim at a campaign rally in Hulhumalé last Tuesday night, telling supporters that violent crime had spiked under his predecessors.
He also said violent crime overtook property crime during Mohamed Nasheed’s time in office. This assertion is also untrue.
For the fact-check the Maldives Independent defined property crime as: theft, embezzlement, traffic violations, bouncing cheques, counterfeit and forgery, adding robbery to the list as Yameen expressly named it as a property crime.
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