Missing journalist’s family fears inquiry ‘may turn out like MP Afrasheem’s murder probe’
Noting that the Maldives police never established a motive or apprehended the masterminds behind the shocking murder of an MP, family members of missing journalist Ahmed Rilwan asked for help from watchdog bodies to ensure a comprehensive and independent inquiry.
19 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Noting that the Maldives police never established a motive or apprehended the masterminds behind the shocking murder of an MP, family members of missing journalist Ahmed Rilwan asked for help from watchdog bodies to ensure a thorough and independent inquiry.
Rilwan has now been missing for 528 days.
His family submitted today letters to watchdog bodies, the National Integrity Commmission and the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives requesting their help in pressing the police for an independent inquiry.
President Abdulla Yameen broke his silence on the case last month, ordering the home minister to do everything in his power to find Rilwan. Suspicion has now been cast on former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, who was detained on a charge of plotting to kill Yameen in September.
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