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May 4, 2011

President grants clemency to two convicted criminals

President Mohamed Nasheed has granted clemency to two convicted criminals who were found guilty of drug related charges, reports SunFM.
SunFM reported that the two were identified as Ahmed Izhan Rasheed, Green Lily, Male’ and Ahmed Imsaah of Lhaviyani Atoll Naifaru.
The Department of Penitentiary and Rehabilitation Service (DPRS) told SunFM that both of them were released according to the Clemency Act and that if they committed any crime their sentence would be reinstated, in addition to any further sentences.

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