Prosecutors revise charges against Raajje TV journalist
Raajje TV Chief Operating Office Hussain Fiyaz Moosa Fiyaz was accused of assaulting a police officer while reporting on the military’s attempts to defuse a bomb on November 2 last year, but he was charged with touching an individual without his consent.
26 May 2016, 9:00 AM
The Prosecutor General’s office has revised assault charges filed against Raajje TV Chief Operating Office Hussain Fiyaz Moosa.
Hisham Wajeeh, PG office spokesperson, told The Maldives Independent: “We revised the charges because the judge questioned it and also for clarity purposes so that it will be clearer for the defendant as well. Assault is the name of the subject in the law, so we have listed the offense specifically now.”
Fiyaz was accused of assaulting a police officer while reporting on the military’s attempts to defuse a bomb on November 2 last year, but he was charged with touching an individual without his consent – a class four misdemeanor.
During a hearing on May 2, presiding judge Adam Areef had asked prosecutors why the veteran journalist was not charged with the more serious offence of assault, which carries a four-year jail sentence.
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