Journalist summoned in first criminal inquiry into defamation complaint
A journalist with Mihaaru was questioned over an article in which an opposition official branded three ex MDP members who had called for reforms to the party outsiders.
22 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM
A journalist was summoned to the police on Tuesday for the first criminal inquiry into a news article since the parliament re-criminalised defamation in August.
Fazeena Ahmed, a journalist at newspaper Mihaaru, was questioned over a September 20 article in which the vice president of the Maldivian Democratic Party had criticised three ex members for launching a plan to reform the opposition party.
Fazeena had quoted the MDP Vice President Mohamed Shifaz saying that the three were outsiders.
A police spokeswoman said the summons “does not necessarily mean that Fazeena is under investigation.”
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