Opposition MPs want Maldives defence minister questioned over Facebook post
The minister said he used Facebook to get news of a threat out fast.
06 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM
Opposition lawmakers want the Maldives defence minister to appear before parliament’s security services committee, after he announced on Facebook that there was a military operation to thwart “plots to destabilise the country.”
“The Maldives National Defence Force and Maldives Police Service are together looking into this very closely,” Adam Shareef Umar said in the post, urging people to report any information about dangers to national security.
Opposition MPs on the committee – Eva Abdulla, Mariya Ahmed Didi, Anara Naeem and Ibrahim Mohamed Didi – requested on Monday that he be summoned for questioning.
They accused him of being “very irresponsible” in a letter sent to the committee chairman who represents the ruling coalition in parliament.
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