Faris Maumoon prevented from visiting dying aunt
The home ministry claimed the lawmaker was barred from leaving the Maldives because he might stay overseas to impede an ongoing investigation.
31 May 2017, 9:00 AM
MP Faris Maumoon, son of former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, was barred from visiting his dying aunt in Singapore because he might not return to the Maldives, the home ministry claimed Tuesday.
The lawmaker refused to cooperate with the police when he was summoned for questioning, the ministry alleged, and accused the Gayoom family of helping the former president’s personal assistant remain overseas without answering a police summons in connection with the same investigation.
“Given the situation, if Faris Maumoon travels abroad it is likely that he will also stay out of the country to obstruct the investigation,” the home ministry said in a statement, which sought to justify the travel ban without specifying the allegations against the lawmaker.
The statement was released a day after media coverage about the police rejecting repeated pleas from Faris to release his passport as his maternal aunt’s health was deteriorating.
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