Security services to receive medals on Independence Day
06 Jun 2015, 7:44 PM
The government will award a medal to all police and military officers to mark their services to the state on the occasion of 50 years of independence .
“Officers from both the military and the police will be given medals. This a common practice all around the world, as they protect the country’s independence in the front lines,” the home ministry’s Thazmeel Abdul Samad said.
In an interview with Dhi TV on Monday, commissioner of police Hussein Waheed said the medals will be worn with police uniforms.
The Maldives’ Independence Day falls on July 26.
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