10 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
Youths will not be electronically tagged anymore as they are now responsible and decent, the Maldives home minister told state media Sunday, despite a violent crime wave in recent months.
Azleen Ahmed also told PSM that locking people up was not part of President Abdulla Yameen’s vision.
“The president’s work was saving youths from an environment of crime,” he said. “Giving more chances for those held for small crimes. Tagging and locking them behind bars is not the president’s ideology.
“This hinders the creativity of the youth. Now youths are responsible and decent.”
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