Police orders removal of national flag from Gayoom’s office
The police have ordered the removal of the national flag from former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s office in Malé, citing new regulations that require the home ministry’s permission to hoist the national flag on private premises.
12 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
The police have ordered the removal of the national flag from former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s office in Malé.
Abdul Aleem, secretary-general of the Gayoom faction of the Progressive Party of Maldives, said a policeman called him on Thursday night and told him that new regulations enacted by the home ministry require the flag to be taken down.
“I told him to call back during office hours. We have not heard from the police since then,” he told the Maldives Independent.
According to the 13-point rule gazetted on Wednesday, permission must be sought from the home ministry before erecting the national flag on private premises. If a member of the public or a political party is authorised to do so, the flag must be hoisted down after 6:00pm.
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