Police crack down as Faafu protesters demand answers over Saudi-funded project
“What we are saying is we are worried. Half or two-third of our atoll may be sold and people don’t know what’s happening. Is it being sold, is it already sold, is it being leased? Give us that information,” a fishing boat captain involved in organising the protest on Biledhdhoo said.
03 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
The police cracked down on a protest Friday afternoon by the islanders of Biledhdhoo in Faafu atoll, confiscating banners and briefly detaining some protesters.
The protesters were calling on the government to reveal details of a Saudi-funded project that has sparked fears that the atoll or parts of it could be sold.
“What we are saying is we are worried. Half or two-third of our atoll may be sold and people don’t know what’s happening,” Ibrahim Sobeeh, a 35-year-old fishing boat captain who was involved in organising the protest told the Maldives Independent.
“Is it being sold, is it already sold, is it being leased? Give us that information.”
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