Footballer’s midnight arrest over judge’s photo ‘illegal’
Top footballer Assad ‘Adubarey’ Ali was arrested Sunday over allegations of harassment by controversial criminal court Judge Abdul Bari Yoosuf, who had said a man had threatened him by taking his photo without his consent.
21 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Footballer Assad ‘Adubarey’ Ali was arrested Sunday over allegations of harassment by controversial criminal court Judge Abdul Bari Yoosuf.
According to a police spokesman, the Maldivian national football team midfielder was arrested at midnight under an arrest warrant.
The police did not specify the reason for Assad’s arrest, but family members told local media he was arrested over the judge’s claim a man had threatened Bari by taking a photograph without his consent.
Assad is a member of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party’s national council.
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