Briefing the press on the ongoing handover of 4,000 flats awarded under the Gedhoruveriya scheme, Housing Minister Dr Muththalib assured that the previous government's allocation of three-bedroom units to 315 applicants who scored 75 points after excluding 330 applicants who scored 76 points will be remedied. Agreements signed with the former have been cancelled to award the flats to applicants with the higher score. The remaining units will be allocated through a lottery draw among applicants who scored 75 points, some of whom will be offered "the option of two-bedroom flats." The minister also revealed that the recipients include 976 people whose spouses had previously been awarded social housing. However, there were no legal grounds to disqualify them, he said.
MDP national council member Fathimath Zahiyya accused police of leaking private videos after seizing her phone last week. Two videos were reportedly posted on an anonymous X account that was later suspended. It followed the leak of a private photo of 20-year-old opposition activist Aishath Shiman, whose phone had also been seized under a court warrant over alleged incitement to violence on social media. But police summoned Shiman on Sunday afternoon and informed her that she was not facing any charges.
Police denied leaking a video of the arrest of four men on child exploitation charges. The crime scene video showed two of the underage victims as well as the suspects, including famous TV presenter Nafiu Rasheed. No police officer involved in the arrest filmed or leaked the video, police told the media.
President Muizzu revised the questions for the October 25 public referendum on the composition of the Addu City Council. Voters in Hulhudhoo and Meedhoo will now be asked if they want separate councils instead of a combined council for both islands.
The Anti-Corruption Commission sought charges against a former senior supervisor at Customs over the alleged solicitation of bribes from a company involved in a dispute over the re-export of 430 cases of cigarettes.
The tourism ministry invited bids to develop a 200-bed resort in Shaviyani Nalandhoo, an uninhabited island of 64 hectares. After cancelling plans for a halal tourism project, a bid announcement was also made to develop an integrated tourist resort in Addu City's Hankede.
Six men were arrested in connection with gang fights in Malé. Shamal Hussain, 22, and Rajwan Latheef, 24, were accused of assaulting a person near the post office on the evening of October 7. Both suspects were remanded for 15 days. Thaif Rafeeq, 26, Amshal Abdulla, 25, Ahmed Neezad, 29, and Abdulla Ishraq, 19, were alleged to have used "dangerous weapons" to assault a man on a parked motorcycle on October 7. They were detained pending the outcome of a trial.
