MDP leaders detained from campaign run
The jogging track was closed for “purposes of the ministry of youth and sports” but remained empty when police blocked the ‘Jazeera Run’.
23 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
The Maldivian Democratic Party’s chairman, spokesman and youth wing leader were briefly detained Friday after police blocked a jogging event around Malé.
The ‘Jazeera Run’ was due to begin at 4:30 pm at the capital’s Ekuveni jogging track. But a day before the campaign event, a notice was put up announcing the track’s closure on Friday afternoon for “purposes of the ministry of youth and sports”.
MDP leadership figures and activists who gathered in the outer road near the sports ground were blocked by Special Ops police, who arrested chairman Hassan Latheef, his deputy Ali Niyaz, MP Imthiyaz Fahmy, youth wing leader Mickail Naseem and activist Ahmed Maimoon.
All five were taken to the Galolhu police station and released about an hour later.
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