Yameen appoints new police chief
President Abdulla Yameen has appointed a new police chief more than a month after sacking the former commissioner of police on an allegation of politicising the police force.
06 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen has appointed a new police chief more than a month after sacking the former commissioner of police on an allegation of politicising the police force.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Ahmed Areef was appointed as police commissioner on Thursday.
Areef, who had headed the police intelligence directorate, was promoted from deputy to assistant commissioner at the time he was placed in charge of the police force on October 23.
The decision came in the wake of an explosion on Yameen’s speedboat on September 23 and the detention of former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb.
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