Slapped with third fine, Raajje TV accuses regulator
08 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM
Raajje TV was Sunday slapped with an MVR500,000 ($32,467) fine for airing comments the broadcasting regulator claimed posed a threat to national security.
The seven-member Maldives Broadcasting Commission has previously imposed hefty fines on the opposition-aligned Raajje TV, including a fine of MVR1 million (US$64,850) for airing a speech that was deemed defamatory towards President Abdulla Yameen.
It came on the day the station paid an MVR200,000 (US$12,970) fine imposed in the first punitive action taken under the controversial 2016 defamation law.
The third fine coincided with the fourth anniversary of the October 2013 arson attack that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage at the station.
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