Minister under fire over Facebook post wishing that ex-president’s plane crash lands
A Facebook post by a deputy minister wishing that former President Mohamed Nasheed’s plane out of Malé last night would land in the middle of the ocean has sparked outrage. Opposition supporters are now lodging complaints at the telecoms company Dhiraagu which is chaired by the deputy minister.
19 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
A Facebook post by a deputy minister wishing that former President Mohamed Nasheed’s plane out of Malé last night would land in the middle of the ocean has sparked outrage. Opposition supporters are now lodging complaints at the telecoms company Dhiraagu which is chaired by the deputy minister.
Mohamed Ashmalee, the state minister for finance and treasury and chairman of Dhiraagu, posted a comment on Facebook saying he hoped Nasheed would not return to the Maldives following his temporary release for medical care in the UK. He called Nasheed a convicted terrorist, and described the drama around Nasheed’s departure as a “media stunt.”
“Please go and never come back. Land in the middle of the ocean,” he said.
Opposition supporters retaliated by calling for Ashmalee’s resignation. Some even called for a Dhiraagu boycott and urged the public to switch over to its competitor Ooredoo.
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