Police request court warrant to dismantle MDP protest site at Usgandu
21 May 2012, 6:00 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Police have sought a warrant from the Criminal Court to dismantle the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) protest site at ‘Usgandu’, following a request made by the Home Ministry.
In a statement, police said the request was made to the court yesterday afternoon at 1:00pm.
Police said the Home Ministry had requested police implement a decision made by cabinet to reclaim the land from the MDP-dominated Male’ City Council, and give it to the Housing Ministry.
On May 9, the Housing Ministry wrote to Male’ City Council requesting it hand over ‘Usgandu’ to the ministry, however the Council declined to do so, police noted.
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