Arrest warrants issued for Nasheed, Jameel, and Akram
The criminal court has issued warrants for the arrest of opposition leaders. Nasheed is wanted over an investigation of “a case involving more than MVR1.8 million that was flagged in a 2011 audit report.”
30 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
The criminal court has issued arrest warrants for exiled leaders of the Maldives United Opposition, including former President Mohamed Nasheed and Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed.
The warrant for Nasheed’s arrest was sought over an investigation into the alleged misuse of state funds during his presidency, the police said in a statement.
It added that the prisons authority has also asked the police to bring Nasheed back to the Maldives to serve the remainder of his 13-year jail term on a terror conviction.
The police were also authorised to arrest and bring back Jameel and Akram Kamaldeen, a senior official of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, for refusing to obey a police summons on August 4, which ordered the pair to return to the Maldives within two weeks for questioning over unspecified charges.
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