Police probe into alleged coup ramped up
The probe began with the arrest of MP Faris Maumoon for attempting to overthrow the government by bribing politicians, and intensified with the arrest of three people close to his father Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on the same charges.
01 Feb 2018, 9:00 AM
Police ramped up their investigation into an alleged coup by arresting three more people, including the private secretary of a former president, and launching a manhunt for two ruling party defectors.
The probe began Saturday night with the arrest of MP Faris Maumoon for attempting to overthrow the government by bribing politicians, and intensified Wednesday evening with the arrest of three people close to Faris’s father Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on the same charges, local media reported.
Gayoom’s private secretary Najma Ibrahim, his private security guard Mohamed Azmee, and an expatriate driver were arrested, police confirmed to the Maldives Independent.
Najma, who had a baby eight months ago, has been transferred to house arrest after lawyers said there was a health risk to her infant who would be deprived of breastfeeding if she was in police custody.
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