Yameen Rasheed’s parents ask for international investigators in murder probe
The police investigation will only be deemed credible if it includes investigators from reputable international organisations, Yameen’s parents said.
25 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
Outspoken blogger Yameen Rasheed’s parents have called on the Maldives government to include international investigators in the police inquiry into their son’s murder.
Yameen, 29, was found with multiple stab wounds in the stairway of his apartment building on Sunday morning, and died soon after he was taken to the hospital.
In a statement on Monday, Yameen’s parents said: “While, naturally, we welcome President Abdulla Yameen’s promise to deploy ‘all state resources’ to bring the perpetrators to justice, we strongly believe that the police investigation will only be deemed credible if it includes investigators from reputable international organisations.”
The authorities must move fast, they said, expressing concern over the police’s failure to make arrests despite 48 hours having passed since his death.
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