Opposition lawmaker’s health deteriorating in jail, family says
Mahloof’s wife claim that the MP’s health is deteriorating in jail has prompted calls for his transfer to house imprisonment for medical care.
01 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM
An opposition lawmaker jailed on controversial charges of obstructing police duty is in poor health condition, his family has warned, prompting calls on the prison authorities to transfer him to house imprisonment for medical care.
Ahmed Mahloof, an independent MP, is no longer able to move an arm and has skin allergies, blurry eye sight and a stiff neck, his wife Nazra Naseem has said, accusing the authorities of negligence and malpractice.
The MP, who was also the spokesman for the Maldives United Opposition, was handed two jail sentences of a combined 10 months and 24 days in July on two counts of obstructing police duty following numerous arrests from opposition protests.
Former President Mohamed Nasheed has expressed concern, urging the Maldives Correction Services to transfer Mahloof to house-imprisonment for medical care.
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