PPM MP threatens friend of missing journalist
A friend of missing journalist Ahmed Rilwan has asked for police protection after receiving a threatening phone call from a member of parliament, in which he said: “I’ve found you now, you’ll know what happens next, you know what happened to your partner.”
16 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
A friend of missing journalist Ahmed Rilwan has asked for police protection after receiving a threatening phone call from a member of parliament, in which he said: “I’ve found you now, you’ll know what happens next, you know what happened to your partner.”
Shamoon ‘Lucas’ Jaleel said he believed MP Ahmed ‘Avista’ Assad of the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives on Tuesday was referring to the abduction and disappearance of the Maldives Independent journalist, some 617 days ago.
“I spent all of my free time with Rilwan… Assad’s words are threats full of danger,” he said in a letter to police chief Ahmed Areef.
Lucas has since posted the audio recording online.
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