Raajje TV journalists fined for police obstruction
Mohamed Wisam and Leevaan Ali Nasir were fined MVR28,800 (US$1,868) each on charges of obstructing police officers
24 Jan 2017, 9:00 AM
Two Raajje TV journalists found guilty of obstructing police officers were fined MVR28,800 (US$1,868) each on Tuesday.
Mohamed Wisam, 21, and Leevaan Ali Nasir, 20, are the first journalists to be sentenced in the Maldives in more than a decade.
The criminal court, which had delivered a guilty verdict in December, said it was imposing a fine instead of the four-month jail term prosecutors requested because the pair were first-time offenders.
Raajje TV said it will appeal the verdict.
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