MDP chairperson charged with terrorism
A first hearing of the trial scheduled for 10:30am this morning was cancelled after the criminal court failed to deliver a summons chit to Ali Waheed. The former lawmaker has been living in exile in the UK since June last year.
17 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Ali Waheed, the exiled chairperson of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, has been charged with terrorism over alleged incitement to violence during last year’s May Day mass protest.
A first hearing of the trial scheduled for 10:30am this morning was cancelled after the court was unable to deliver a summons chit to Waheed.
The former lawmaker has been living in exile in the UK since June last year. He was arrested along with other opposition leaders on the night of May 1 following violent clashes between police and protesters and fled the Maldives shortly after his release from custody.
The terrorism charge was filed on September 18. The Prosecutor General’s office previously declined to prosecute Waheed after the police forwarded terrorism charges last year.
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