Parliament seeks action in response to Dr Afrasheem murder report
Parliament recommended an inquiry into Jamiyyathul Salaf’s finances.
27 Nov 2019, 9:00 AM
Parliament on Tuesday recommended a series of measures in response to the findings of a presidential commission about the murder of MP Afrasheem Ali in October 2012 by a local extremist group affiliated with al-Qaeda.
A report by the security services committee with 11 recommendations was passed with 47 votes in favour and 10 votes against. The recommendations included obtaining annual reports and financial statements from 2012 to 2018 of Jamiyyathul Salaf, a religious conservative NGO that was accused of inciting hatred against Afrasheem with a sermon that warned the public not to pray behind the moderate scholar.
The report listed extremist organisations, people suspected of possessing varying degrees of knowledge about the murder, and groups suspected of conducting financial transactions in relation to the contract killing by a radicalised criminal gang. The oversight committee decided to seek information about financial transactions of all extremist groups from the Maldives Monetary Authority.
Other recommendations included taking immediate legal action against all persons found by the commission’s probe to have committed crimes, including a group of unidentified suspects who were inside Afrasheem’s apartment building and the nearby Christie’s restaurant on the night of the murder.
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