Ex-defence minister under investigation over Yameen’s detention in 2010
Police are investigating Ameen Faisal on terrorism charges over the president’s military detention in 2010 and have barred the ex minister from leaving the country
20 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM
Former Defence Minister Ameen Faisal is under investigation over President Abdulla Yameen’s nine-day detention at the presidential retreat island, Aarah, in 2010.
Faisal was summoned Tuesday to the police headquarters for questions on terror charges and has been barred from leaving the country.
“Since it happened so long ago, I said I do not remember much. But I did say that Abdulla Yameen was never arrested unlawfully,” Faisal told reporters after an hour-long interrogation.
Mohamed Fareed, Faisal’s lawyer, said police accused his client of ordering Yameen’s “abduction,” an offence that carries a jail term of up to 15 years under the now-defunct Anti Terrorism Act of 1990.
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