Fugitive MP leaves parliament after four weeks on the run
21 Nov 2013, 5:41 PM
Minivan.News
Heniveru-South MP Hamid Abdul Ghafoor of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), has left the grounds of parliament after his four-week refuge there.
MP Hamid has been charged with refusing to provide a urine sample, following the police raid on Hodaidhoo in November last year.
Sun Online reported that MP Hamid had left after assurances that he would be allowed to stay in his own residence, crediting a newly cooperative relationship between the government and the MDP.
The police have been unable to summon Ghafoor to court, as doing so would violate the Parliamentary Privileges Act.
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