Police
Tourism promotion office reopens after shut down
The Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation’s office was closed for nine days while the police investigated the state-owned corporation’s illegal import of fireworks and alleged corruption in leasing islands for resort development.
28 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
17 arrested for ‘disrupting public order’ released
The 17 people, including two minors, taken into custody yesterday for “disrupting public order” in the wake of Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s arrest.
25 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Top tourism official, target of boat blast probe, arrested
Abdulla Ziyath, the managing director of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), was taken into custody “in connection to a case under investigation” at around 7pm today, the police said.
23 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Police impose restrictions on MDP’s nightly street protests
Invoking authority under the Freedom of Assembly Act, which authorises police to order protest organisers to limit gatherings to a specific area, the police said in a letter to the MDP that its protests have posed “numerous difficulties” for pedestrians, businesses and restaurants as well as for tourists staying at guesthouses and hotels in the area.
21 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
MMPRC’s fireworks import suspected of links to boat blast
The Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) remains shut down over an investigation into suspected links between the corporation’s import of fireworks and a blast on the president’s speedboat, credible sources have told The Maldives Independent.
20 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
After raid, top tourism official questioned
Abdulla Ziyath, who heads the MMPRC, was interrogated for more than three hours by the economic crime department. The summons came after his apartment was raided on Wednesday night. His passport has also been withheld.
18 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Just one of 18 suspects charged over Rajje TV fire
Just one of 18 individuals arrested in the torching of opposition-aligned Raajje TV has been charged, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office. Evidence gathered was too weak to charge the rest of the suspects.
13 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
President nominates members to National Integrity Commission
The new oversight body was formed on October 6 to replace the Police Integrity Commission (PIC) and the Customs Integrity Commission (CIC) under a law passed by the parliament in late August. The four nominees are Yousuf Maaniu Mohamed, former head of the CIC, Mohamed Farhad, former vice president of the PIC, Hassaan Hameed, and Khadheeja Abdulla.
12 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
MVR450,000 stolen from Immigration
A police spokesman said the money was stolen from visa fee deposit drawers at the department’s counters during lunch break.
04 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
FBI agent, Saudi Arabian forensic experts arrive in Malé for boat blast probe
A US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent and a team of Saudi Arabian forensic experts arrived in the Maldives last night to assist an investigation into an explosion on the presidential speedboat that injured the first lady.
29 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM
Police seeking FBI assistance to investigate explosion on president’s speedboat
“We would like to assure the Maldivian people that we will investigate this incident as a serious case and that the Maldivian police and MNDF will work together to find out the truth of how this happened,” the police have said.
28 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM
81 people survive unharmed after ferry sinks en route to Maamigili
A ferry en route to Alif Dhaal Maamigili from Malé sank around 5:30am this morning with 81 people onboard, including tourists, women, and children. All 81 people are safe and unharmed. They were rescued at sea by the coastguard and resort vessels.
15 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM
Former President Nasheed’s lawyer stabbed
According to eyewitnesses, two men on a motorbike stabbed Mahfooz in front of the Vaadhee Fresh shop on Maaveyo Magu. Mahfooz was rushed to IGHM where he underwent surgery to remove the knife, which was lodged about three and a half inches deep above his left ear. He has since regained consciousness and his condition is now stable.
04 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM
Investigation underway into documents on Nasheed’s house-arrest
Former President Mohamed Nasheed’s lawyers have shared with the police CCTV footage of a government official who delivered documents informing the opposition leader of his permanent transfer to house arrest.
26 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
Police and immigration team up on human-trafficking, Maldivian Jihadists
The police and the Immigration Department are boosting information sharing to tackle chronic problems of human trafficking, the outflow of Maldivians Jihadists and document forgery.
25 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
Complaint filed over pepper spray use, obstruction of Find Moyameehaa walk
The mother of missing journalist Ahmed Rilwan filed a complaint with the human rights watchdog today over police obstruction of a peaceful memorial walk held on August 8 to mark one year after her son’s unexplained disappearance.
19 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
Possible MH370 debris was thrown out as garbage
A piece of debris found washed ashore in the Maldives and thought to be wreckage from Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 was thrown out in as garbage late May. The Maldivian police were only able to recover a fraction of the metal piece.
12 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
Missing journalist’s family pepper sprayed at ‘Question March’
Police officers obstructed a march held in Malé today by family and friends of missing Minivan News journalist Ahmed Rilwan, pepper spraying family members at the front line and arresting one relative.
08 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
Bangladeshi worker arrested on charges of child sexual abuse
A Bangladeshi worker was arrested on Saturday night on suspicion of sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl on the island of Nilandhoo in Faafu atoll.
06 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
54 cases of torture filed against police
The 54 cases alleging torture by the police included 13 cases of physical abuse during arrest, 26 cases of custodial abuse, 15 cases of physical abuse during protests, and one case of physical abuse during transfer to court for a remand hearing.
01 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
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