Police make headway in three murder probes, promise details in Rilwan’s disappearance
The police have identified suspects in three suspicious deaths, and pledged to provide details in the mysterious disappearance of journalist Ahmed Rilwan on Saturday.
30 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
The police have identified suspects in three suspicious deaths, and pledged to provide details in the mysterious disappearance of journalist Ahmed Rilwan on Saturday.
Abdulla Nawaz, the assistant police chief, said Saturday will be “an important day for everyone” as the police intended to share information of the closely-guarded inquiry into Rilwan’s disappearance on August 8, 2014.
Rilwan, a journalist with The Maldives Independent, is believed to have been abducted from outside his apartment.
Nawaz said the police force, which is under fire for delayed and incomplete investigations, bribery and politicisation, was undergoing reform, and had reduced the average length of inquiries from five months to one month.
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