Shumba Gong tortured in jail, says lawyer
Ahmed ‘Shumba Gong’ Ashraf was forced to sit on the floor, in handcuffs, while prisons officers alternately poured hot and ice-cold water on him, said lawyer Moosa Siraj.
10 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
A lawyer representing Ahmed ‘Shumba Gong’ Ashraf, a 19-year-old arrested over the September blast on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat, is claiming prison officers tortured his client.
Ashraf was forced to sit on the floor, in handcuffs, while Maldives Correctional Services officers alternately poured hot and ice-cold water on him, said lawyer Moosa Siraj.
The water was not hot enough to burn, and did not leave marks on Ashraf’s skin, he said.
The incident took place after prison officers alleged Ashraf had vandalised a camera in his cell, Siraj said, suggesting the treatment may have come as retaliation.
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