Expulsion of ‘bomb plot suspect’ from Sri Lanka sparks diplomatic row
The expulsion of an 18-year-old Maldivian man from Sri Lanka on the request of the authorities here has sparked a diplomatic row. Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry has summoned High Commissioner Zahiya Zareer to express its displeasure, according to media reports.
08 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
The expulsion of an 18-year-old Maldivian man from Sri Lanka on the request of the authorities here has sparked a diplomatic row. Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry has summoned High Commissioner Zahiya Zareer to express its displeasure, according to media reports.
Sri Lankan police on November 1 broke down doors in a Colombo suburb to arrest Ahmed Ashraf, a social media activist. The Maldivian High Commission had said he was wanted over a plot to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen, said Sri Lanka’s Sunday Times.
But Ashraf’s lawyer has said the court order only said he was wanted for issuing death threats.
Ashraf, known as Shumba Gong on Twitter, is a close associate of recently impeached Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, who is also in custody on suspicion of links to the September 28 explosion on Yameen’s boat.
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