MP files police complaint over tabloid attacks

The Maafannu-Uthuru lawmaker urged police to investigate Vaguthu Online over three articles about him, according to Vnews.

Vaguthu claimed the parliamentarian had called for Buddhism in the Maldives and that he had opposed the death penalty even though Islam permitted it. Fahmy said Vaguthu published comments he had never made or omitted the full story in a deliberate attempt to target him.

In a letter to Police Commissioner Ahmed Arif he said inciting hatred towards someone over religion exposed them to protests or violence and was therefore a criminal offence.