Man fined MVR8,000 over ‘white underwear protest’
The Rasdhoo island magistrate court has fined a man MVR8,000 (US$520) for snatching back from the police a large pair of white underwear hung outside the courthouse as part of a protest in September 2013.
03 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
The Rasdhoo island magistrate court has fined a man MVR8,000 (US$520) for snatching back from the police a large pair of white underwear hung outside the courthouse in September 2013.
The white underwear was a reference to Justice Ali Hameed’s infamous sex tapes. It became a symbol of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party’s protests against the Supreme Court’s intervention in the 2013 presidential polls.
Some 14 people were arrested on the island of Rasdhoo in Alif Alif atoll on September 25, 2013, during clashes with the police, who were dispatched to remove the two-foot-long underpants.
Ahmed Kamal was found guilty yesterday of snatching a police evidence bag in which the underwear was kept after it was confiscated.
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