Former President Nasheed taken back to jail
Former President Mohamed Nasheed has been taken back to jail by prison guards acting with Specialist Operations (SO) police officers, eight weeks after the opposition leader was transferred to house arrest.
23 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
Former President Mohamed Nasheed has been taken back to jail by prison officers acting with Specialist Operations (SO) police officers, eight weeks after he was transferred to house arrest amid negotiations for an end to a prolonged political crisis.
Maldives Correctional Services (MCS) officers entered the former president’s residence in Malé around 8:30pm, but Nasheed’s lawyers objected to what they said would be an “arbitrary arrest.” Lawyers showed the four officers the copy of an official document showing his 13-year jail sentence had been commuted to house arrest.
The MCS document appears to be an agreement signed by Nasheed to abide by the terms of the house arrest for the rest of his sentence on terrorism charges. It was signed by an unnamed individual and contained the state seal.
Prison officers, however, insisted that the house arrest has not been extended beyond eight weeks and said they were acting on the orders of superiors.
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