Amid mounting outrage, president promises imminent action over Rilwan abduction
No arrests have been made a week after a presidential commission disclosed findings.
09 Sep 2019, 9:00 AM
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Monday promised imminent measures in connection with the alarming findings of an independent commission that probed the abduction of a journalist five years ago.
Maldives Independent journalist Ahmed Rilwan was abducted in the early hours of August 8, 2014 and murdered at sea by a local extremist group affiliated with al-Qaeda, the presidential commission concluded after a 10-month inquiry.
“What I want tell you and the family is that this government and I will not back down, we will do everything necessary, we will take all the necessary steps forward,” Solih declared at a press briefing.
Efforts are now underway after a meeting among state institutions on Sunday, he added.
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