Police chief sacked, deputies transferred
Updated: Hussain Waheed has been offered state minister at the housing ministry. Deputy commissioners of police Hassan Habeeb and Mohamed Sadiq have also been transferred to government ministries. Police intelligence chief Ahmed Areef has been promoted from assistant to deputy commissioner of police, and placed in charge.
23 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
The Maldives police chief Hussain Waheed has just been sacked amidst an escalating struggle for influence at the country’s top leadership over an alleged assassination attempt on President Abdulla Yameen.
Waheed, who is out of the country in Singapore on medical leave, has been offered the post of state minister at housing, the president’s office has confirmed. “The changes have been brought under powers granted to the president, and to improve the running of the government,” said Ibrahim Muaz Ali on state TV.
Deputy commissioners Hassan Habeeb and Mohamed Sadiq were also transferred to the ministry of housing and ministry of law and gender, respectively, as deputy state ministers, read a statement from the president’s office.
The police intelligence chief Ahmed Areef was promoted to the post of deputy police commissioner, the president’s office said. Areef is now in charge of the police force.
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