Rilwan’s family goes to court for truth behind disappearance
The family filed a right to information request at the civil court asking its intervention to find out “the available facts of the events” that followed Rilwan’s abduction on August 8, 2014.
07 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
Ahmed Rilwan’s family is taking legal action against the Maldivian police on the grounds that it refused to disclose information about the journalist’s disappearance more than 900 days ago.
The family of the Maldives Independent journalist filed a right to information request at the civil court in December, asking its intervention to find out “the available facts of the events” that followed his abduction on August 8, 2014.
The police turned down the request at talks mediated by the civil court, the family said in a statement on Tuesday. The case will now be heard in court.
“At three different meetings, the police maintained that revealing any information would compromise the investigation,” a spokesman for the family said.
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