Immigration revokes Nasheed and Jameel’s passports
Maldivian citizens who are instructed to return to the country either in connection with a court judgment or an ongoing investigation do not have the right to stay or reside overseas using a Maldivian passport, the department said in a press statement this afternoon.
07 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM
The immigration department has revoked the passports of exiled opposition leaders former President Mohamed Nasheed and former Vice President Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed.
Maldivians who are ordered to return to the country either in connection with a court judgment or an ongoing investigation do not have the right to stay or reside overseas using a Maldivian passport, the department said in a press statement this afternoon.
Such individuals pose “numerous hurdles to the Maldivian judiciary and the progress of cases by investigative authorities,” it said, adding that Maldivian and foreign authorities have been informed of the cancellations.
The passports of former Foreign Minister Ahmed Naseem and Akram Kamaludeen, a senior official of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, have also been revoked. Both are residing outside the country.
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