Police raid ex-president’s family residence over ‘coup plot’
The raid on Nasheed’s family residence came hours after an ex opposition lawmaker’s phone was confiscated over charges of involvement in a plot to oust Yameen.
31 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Former President Mohamed Nasheed’s family residence was raided Wednesday evening by police officers over an investigation into a coup plot.
The raid came hours after the police detained a former opposition lawmaker, Ilyas Labeeb, and seized his phone on the same charge. The criminal court has meanwhile issued a warrant for Nasheed’s arrest on a charge of misusing state funds.
Some ten officers spent half an hour at Kenereege in Malé at 9pm, according to Nasheed’s cousin and opposition MP Eva Abdulla. The officers searched all of the bedrooms and bathrooms, but said they did not find any items of interest, she said.
“This is absolutely unjustified. President Nasheed has been away for a very long time. Only his parents live there now.”
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