Lawyer questioned by police over retweet
Lawyer Nazim Sattar was summoned for questioning at the police headquarters Wednesday over a retweet alleging that the first lady was travelling from Singapore to Malé “with large amounts of cash”.
23 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
Lawyer Nazim Sattar was summoned for questioning at the police headquarters Wednesday over a retweet alleging that the first lady was travelling from Singapore to Malé “with large amounts of cash”.
According to his suspect information form, Nazim was accused of sowing discord among the public by spreading false information on social media and of making false reports to law enforcement agencies.
The Singaporean police and immigration were tagged in the original tweet by Akram Kamalludeen, a council member of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party.
Speaking to the Maldives Independent, Nazim called his summons “ludicrous”.
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