Police close opposition meeting halls before president’s visit
Opposition flags were also removed from the jetty area.
02 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party’s meeting hall on Kurendhoo island was shut down Saturday ahead of an official visit by President Abdulla Yameen.
According to the MDP, police officers also removed opposition banners and flags from the harbour area. Before the president arrived and until he left, policemen stood guard outside both the MDP and coalition partner Jumhooree Party’s meeting halls on the island.
MDP offices and meeting halls have been shut down on several islands ahead of the president’s visits in recent weeks. Megaphones and loudspeakers were confiscated on Velidhoo island last week as police officers took down anti-government banners and arrested three people.
Dozens of police officers and armed soldiers descend on islands ahead of the president’s visits.
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