Children of Haveeru founder launch counterclaim in ownership battle
The Haveeru Media Group, owned by Dr Zahir Hussain’s three children, are urging the civil court to protect their rights, claiming that Zahir had transferred the paper’s ownership to HMG before its former staff, Farooq Hassan, Ibrahim Rasheed Moosa and Mohamed Naeem sued Zahir in 2013.
16 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
The children of Haveeru Daily’s founder have launched a counterclaim to the Maldives’ oldest newspaper in an ongoing lawsuit filed by three of the paper’s former staff for its ownership.
The Haveeru Media Group, owned by Dr Zahir Hussain’s three children, are urging the civil court to protect their rights, claiming that their father had transferred the paper’s ownership to HMG before its former staff, Farooq Hassan, Ibrahim Rasheed Moosa and Mohamed Naeem launched their lawsuit in 2013.
The HMG said on Wednesday: “We are the registered owners of the Haveeru newspaper and its online edition, Haveeru Online. Dr Zahir Hussain has no stake in the Haveeru Media Group Pvt Ltd.
“We will do all in our power to protect the rights and interests of Haveeru Media Group.”
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