Crime
Official arrested on suspicion of plotting to kill judge
A senior policy executive at the ministry was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of plotting to assassinate High Court Judge Shujau Usman.
06 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
Two men convicted of 2011 murder sentenced to death
If the guilty verdicts are upheld by both the high court and supreme court, Abdulla Nazeef and Mohamed Shifau will join three convicts presently on death row.
04 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
May Day protester released from prison
The clemency board granted a conditional release for a woman jailed for hitting a police officer with an empty plastic coke bottle during the 2015 May Day anti-government protest.
04 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
Three suspects remanded over murder of Bangladeshi
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Bangladeshi construction worker on the island of Fonadhoo in Laamu atoll.
02 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
Opposition activist under arrest for defaming Yameen
According to Ali Zahir, spokesman of the opposition Adhaalath Party, Mohamed Haneef was accused of “spreading false rumours on social media to discredit the government and cause loss of confidence of investors.”
02 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
Two men sentenced to life imprisonment over record drug haul
Two Maldivian men were found guilty of smuggling 24kg of heroin into the Maldives in March 2014 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
02 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
Raajje TV journalist cleared of second obstruction charge
Delivering a verdict on Tuesday, Judge Ahmed Shakeel said the prosecution’s evidence was insufficient
28 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
Human rights watchdog assures probe of hunger strike in Maafushi jail
HRCM Vice President Shifaq Mufeed told the press that the hunger strike was prompted by “tightened security measures” but an informed source alleged that electricity was cut off and some inmates were beaten.
15 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
Social media activist released after one year in custody
Ahmed Ashraf’s trial resumed on Wednesday after more than one year. The first hearing was held in February 2016. The charge of issuing threats carries a jail sentence of one year, but the teenage social media celebrity has spent a longer period in detention.
05 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
Policeman under investigation over online harassment of 16-year-old girl
A policeman is under investigation over the online sexual harassment of a popular 16-year-old female singer. The officer shared Bathool Ahmed’s photo on Facebook and compared the minor to a Lebanese-American porn star.
05 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
Police searching for Hulhumalé gang rape suspects
The police are searching for suspects in the alleged gang rape of a 27-year-old woman in the non-residential, industrial area of Hulhumalé, an urban centre under development near Malé.
05 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
Raajje TV cameraman fined US$195 for obstructing police
Following the guilty verdicts and US$1,800 fines handed to Raajje TV journalists Mohamed Wisam and Leevan Ali Nasir last month, Adam Zareer becomes only the third journalist to be convicted in the Maldives in more than a decade.
27 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
Two police officers sacked over nude video and photos
A police staff serjeant, who was in charge of the Laamu Gan police station, was fired on Thursday. According to local media, the officer sent a nude video of himself during a video chat with a school girl, an offence that carries a jail term of between seven to ten years.
27 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
Ex-minister pleads not guilty over Yameen’s ‘protective custody’
In a statement he gave to the police last September, President Yameen said he was taken by the military to the presidential retreat island Aarah against his will in July 2010 and expressed his desire to seek charges over the “unlawful arrest”.
23 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
Elderly man hospitalised after chemical attack
The police are searching for a suspect who threw chemicals on the face of the 71-year-old man Tuesday morning on the island of Dhuvafaru in Raa atoll.
21 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
Escaped detainees from Malé custodial centre caught
After local media reported that the group broke out of the Malé custodial last week, the police said in a tweet today: “All those involved in breaking out of Malé custodial have been caught and the police are investigating the matter.”
18 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
Lawmakers hail long-awaited evidence bill
Lawmakers have hailed a proposed new evidence law as key to addressing longstanding challenges faced by the judiciary and strengthening the criminal justice system.
15 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
Arson suspected as fires destroy wetlands in Fuvahmulah
Two fires have destroyed a wetland area equal to 35 football pitches on the southern island of Fuvahmulah. Islanders said they suspect the fires were started deliberately.
14 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
Fourth Maldivian man ‘on his way to join Syrian civil war’ arrested
A Maldivian man who attempted to cross into Syria to join the civil war there has been arrested and brought back to the Maldives, the police have said.
08 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
Rilwan’s family goes to court for truth behind disappearance
The family filed a right to information request at the civil court asking its intervention to find out “the available facts of the events” that followed Rilwan’s abduction on August 8, 2014.
07 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
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