Customers leaving Dhiraagu in protest against chairman’s ‘plane crash’ comments
Customers of local telco Dhiraagu are switching en masse to its competitor after the company’s chairman sparked outrage with a Facebook comment wishing former President Mohamed Nasheed’s plane to Colombo would “land in the middle of the ocean.”
20 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Customers of local telco Dhiraagu are switching en masse to its competitor after the company’s chairman sparked outrage with a Facebook comment wishing former President Mohamed Nasheed’s plane to Colombo would “land in the middle of the ocean.”
When the jailed opposition leader departed Monday night to seek medical treatment in the UK, Mohamed Ashmalee posted a comment on Facebook saying he hoped Nasheed would not come back.
Ashmalee, also state minister of finance and senior member of the ruling party, called Nasheed a convicted terrorist, and described the drama around Nasheed’s departure as a “media stunt.”
The comments went viral on social media. Calls for boycotting Dhiraagu unless the company issues a formal apology or dismisses Ashmalee have also been growing.
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