Half of cabinet to be provided with MNDF bodyguards
11 Oct 2012, 6:23 PM
Daniel Bosley
Seven of the government’s 14 cabinet ministers have been assigned Special Protection Group (SPG) bodyguards from the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF).
Colonel Abul Raheem of the MNDF said that the bodyguards had been designated upon the ministers’ request.
SPG bodyguards are of the same type provided to the President, Vice President and the Speaker of the House.
When asked if this was in response to any specific threats, Raheem was keen to point out that the move had not come as a specific response to recent events.
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