Police label MDN investigation “politically motivated”, MDN defends report
24 Sep 2014, 11:11 AM
Daniel Bosley
The Maldives Police Service has labelled the recently commissioned private investigation into the disappearance of Minivan News journalist Ahmed Rilwan as “irresponsible” and “politically motivated”.
The findings of a Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) commissioned report by private investigators from the UK were intended to deceive the public, read a police statement yesterday evening.
“That the report publicized profiles of individuals violates their human rights, undermines their dignity, incites hatred against them and poses risks to their security,” said police. “We will investigate the process by which the report was compiled and take action against those involved.”
Responding to the police statement today, the MDN has defended the report and denied it had breached the rights of any individuals or organisations.
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