MDP activist arrested for photographing policemen
A member of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party’s youth wing was briefly detained Monday night after photographing traffic policemen towing vehicles in Malé.
24 May 2016, 9:00 AM
A member of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party’s youth wing was briefly detained Monday night after she photographed traffic policemen towing vehicles in Malé.
Hamna Waheed told The Maldives Independent that she took photos of the policemen while waiting outside the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital with a friend around 7pm.
The traffic policemen were placing stickers on vehicles outside the parking zone, she said.
“The traffic police officer would have seen me. He did not make a big deal out of it. A few minutes later a tow pickup came with officers on it. I was just taking some pictures when the driver came to me and rudely said that I could not take pictures,” she recounted.
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