Police dispute credibility of leaked memo ordering imprisonment of MDP supporters on Thinadhoo
05 Aug 2013, 6:03 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Police have issued a statement denying the authenticity of memo which supposedly a memo sent to senior officers by Commissioner of Police Abdulla Riyaz, informing them of a special operation to arrest Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) supporters on Thinadhoo in Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll.
The document, circulating on social media, states that the arrests were to be made in compliance with an order from President Dr Waheed Hassan Manik.
Police have disputed the credibility of memo, stating that the letterhead used in the document was one never used by police.
A statement issued by police said the allegedly forged memo was an attempt to intentionally discredit the police service for the sake of political benefit, and condemned the act as “uncivilised”.
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