Police block anti-corruption walk
Dozens of riot police officers have set up barricades on all roads leading to Malé’s Artificial Beach today in an attempt to block a walk organized by the opposition in protest over what watchdog bodies have called the Maldives’ biggest ever corruption scandal.
05 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Dozens of riot police officers have set up barricades on all roads leading to Malé’s Artificial Beach today in an attempt to block a walk organized by the opposition in protest over what watchdog bodies have called the Maldives’ biggest ever corruption scandal.
Hundreds of opposition supporters are scattered behind police lines and barricades in the area. Opposition leaders are now delivering speeches in front of lines of riot police carrying shields near the Maldivian Democratic Party campaign offices at the Artificial Beach
Imthiyaz Fahmy, an MDP MP said: “The government wants to silence those who speak out against theft. He wants to hit those who come out against theft. He wants to jail all political leaders who speak about theft.”
Tension is high in Malé with the Auditor General’s Office promising to release a long-awaited audit report into the state-owned Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation’s lease of islands and lagoons for tourism today.
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