Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP)’s MP Ahmed Mahlouf has claimed that 317 protesters have been arrested over the past four days and 75 persons injured, according to daily newspaper Haveeru.
Haveeru reported that Mahlouf said among the persons arrested there were 203 persons whose whereabouts “are now unknown”.
The government has claimed that all but 14 of those arrested have been released, after the court extended their period of detention.
