Two associates of Vice President target of late night raids
Dozens of police officers raided a top tourism official’s apartment in Malé on Wednesday night and attempted to enter the home of an influential businessman related to Vice President Ahmed Adeeb.
15 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Dozens of police officers raided a top tourism official’s apartment in Malé on Wednesday night and attempted to enter the home of an influential businessman related to Vice President Ahmed Adeeb.
At 9pm, police officers entered Hiyaa Koalhi, an apartment building in the Henveiru ward of Malé, where several officials, including a minister, a ruling party MP, and the prosecutor general, live.
Officers searched the second floor first and later searched the eighth floor, where Abdulla Ziyath, the managing director of state-owned Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation, lives.
Ziyath is a close associate of the vice president. Adeeb had served as tourism minister for four years before he was appointed as the president’s deputy this July.
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