Independent MP on trial for ‘obstructing police duty’
Independent MP Ahmed Mahloof is facing trial on charges of obstructing police duty with a first hearing scheduled for February 11. The MP for Galolhu South was summoned to the criminal court this morning, informed of the the trial date, and asked to appoint a lawyer.
18 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Independent MP Ahmed Mahloof is facing trial on charges of obstructing police duty with a first hearing scheduled for February 11.
Mahloof was summoned to the criminal court this morning, informed of the the trial date, and asked to appoint a lawyer.
The MP for Galolhu South told The Maldives Independent that the exact charges and the incident in question remains unclear to him.
He told reporters that he asked the court to appoint a public defender as hiring private counsel is costly for a “political trial.”
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