Friends and family of missing journalist seek to submit a petition to parliament
31 Aug 2014, 4:14 PM
Mariyath Mohamed
Friends and family of Minivan News journalist Ahmed Rilwan are petitioning the Majlis, posing a series of questions which the family believes “arose due to the negligence of the Maldives Police Services in searching for Rilwan.”
“These are also matters on which state institutions have so far conducted no work in order to reach the truth,” read the questions to be submitted to the national security committee.
The petition calls on all relevant authorities to provide answers for the following questions, urging thorough investigation into the following issues:
What is the standard operating procedure for police once a report, such as the abduction that took place on August 8 in Hulhumalé, is lodged? Did police follow these procedures following the said incident?
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