Home Ministry launches investigation of Transparency, TEAM
01 Oct 2013, 4:06 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
State Minister for Home Affairs and the Registrar of NGOs Abdulla Mohamed has declared that the Tourism Employees Association of the Maldives (TEAM) and Transparency Maldives (TM) are under investigation for “unlawful acts” and warned NGOs that organisations acting outside of law would be dissolved.
Speaking to local TV station Villa TV (VTV), Abdulla said the Home Ministry is looking into complaints that TEAM had committed “irresponsible and unlawful acts.”
Transparency Maldives is also under investigation for challenging the Supreme Court, he said.
“We will not allow any organisation to challenge the law. NGOs acting outside the law will be dissolved,” Abdulla said.
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