Home Minister fails to attend court, leaves on official trip to source sniffer dogs, body scanners
10 Jun 2014, 5:22 PM
Mariyath Mohamed
Minister of Home Affairs Umar Naseer has failed to attend a second court hearing into charges of disobedience to order.
The Home Ministry has reported Naseer left the country last night on an official trip to the Netherlands to source sniffer dogs and body scanner machines for airport security purposes.
Naseer is accused of calling for 2,000 volunteers to storm the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) headquarters with 50 ladders on January 23, 2012 during two weeks of protests following the military’s controversial detention of Criminal Court Chief Judge Abdulla Mohamed.
Judge Abdulla Didi, who is presiding over Naseer’s case, warned action will be taken against the minister if he fails to attend the next hearing of the case, scheduled to be held on Thursday, June 12.
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