Top opposition figure’s passport seized
Shidhatha Shareef’s passport was confiscated upon her arrival in Malé on Thursday. The police and immigration refused to comment.
26 Jan 2017, 9:00 AM
The Maldivian authorities have confiscated the passport of a top opposition figure without comment, prompting allegations of government intimidation and harassment.
Shidhatha Shareef was briefly held Thursday morning at the airport when she landed in Malé after a ten-day trip to Bangalore, India.
The Adhaalath Party council member said immigration officials told her the criminal court had issued a warrant for her passport.
“The official at the immigration counter kept fiddling with my passport. First they said there was a hold in the system. Then they told me that the criminal court had ordered the confiscation of my passport,” Shidhatha told the Maldives Independent.
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