President Abdulla Yameen
Ex-minister released, Hamid remains detained in Malaysia
Ex cabinet minister Mohamed Hussain Shareef has been released from police custody in Malaysia, but Hamid Ismail, an influential businessman wanted on suspicion of links to an explosion on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat, remains detained, credible sources have confirmed.
29 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
President appoints new defence and tourism ministers
President Yameen has appointed former MP Moosa Zameer as the new tourism minister. Zameer is a close associate of the president and a council member of the ruling party. The new defence minister, Adam Shareef, was previously state minister of education.
28 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Vice president’s associate, former minister arrested in Malaysia
Hamid Ismail, an influential businessman related to jailed Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, has been arrested in Malaysia on suspicion of links to a plot to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen.
28 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Department heads shuffled in shakeup of police leadership
Acting Police Commissioner Ahmed Areef has shuffled senior officers in charge of police departments in a shakeup of the top leadership. The heads of various police departments, commands, and directorates were replaced.
28 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Gayoom backs Adeeb’s impeachment, expulsion from PPM
The PPM’s leader has backed the detained vice president’s expulsion and a motion to impeach him through parliament. Gayoom also denied that the PPM is weakened by Adeeb’s arrest.
27 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
PPM moves to impeach Vice President
MPs of the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) are collecting signatures to file a motion to remove Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, according to credible sources.
26 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
No decision yet on Vice President’s impeachment, says PPM
Ruling party MPs say a decision has not been reached on impeaching Vice President Ahmed Adeeb yet. He is being held on a charge of attempting to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen.
25 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Yameen speaks out on political infighting, betrayal, and corruption
President Abdulla Yameen, in his first public speech after the arrest of his deputy on suspicion of plotting an assassination attempt, revealed today the extent of political infighting, betrayal, deception and corruption within his administration.
25 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Maldives Vice President arrested, charged with high treason
Ahmed Adeeb was arrested on a charge of high treason, moments after his flight from Singapore landed at the international airport.
24 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Top tourism official, target of boat blast probe, arrested
Abdulla Ziyath, the managing director of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), was taken into custody “in connection to a case under investigation” at around 7pm today, the police said.
23 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Soldiers raid a Maldives resort under development
Dozens of soldiers raided an island in central Lhaviyani Atoll that is being developed as a resort today. A spokesman said the raid was “routine, and not related to the ongoing inquiry” into an explosion on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat.
22 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Police chief, majority leader abruptly depart Maldives
The police chief and the majority leader of the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) abruptly left the Maldives last night, in a sign of escalating struggle for influence at the country’s top leadership.
21 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Vice President no longer co-chair of economic council
Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has been stripped of the title as co-chair of the powerful economic and youth council, days after the tourism portfolio was taken off his hands.
21 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Sri Lankan experts confirm bomb blast on president’s speedboat, says home minister
Umar Naseer told the press today that a team of forensic experts from Sri Lanka who investigated the incident has confirmed that the blast was caused by an explosive device. Forensic teams from the US, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and India also investigated the blast, but have not shared their findings with the government so far.
20 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
The explosion on Yameen’s speedboat: What we know so far
The cause of an explosion on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat remains unclear, but here are the important details of the inquiry, which has seen the arrest of three soldiers, a shakeup of the security forces and raids on government offices, and homes of a businessman and a top tourism official.
18 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Journalists threatened on filming top judge’s secret visit with president
A group of young men threatened to kill several journalists camped outside President Abdulla Yameen’s residence hoping to film the secret visit of a top judge, the criminal court’s chief judge Abdulla Mohamed.
16 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Police chief pledges full support for arrests, raids in boat blast probe
Urging all commissioned officers to support an inquiry into an explosion on President Yameen’s boat, police commissioner Hussein Waheed said he wants to assure the public that police “will not hesitate” to make the necessary arrests and raids.
15 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Prosecutor general out of the country on unannounced trip
The PG has been absent at office since Sunday, while other credible sources say he is out of the country on a personal and unannounced trip. It comes amidst heightened tension in the wake of a blast on the president’s speedboat on September 28, which the government was an attempt to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen.
14 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
President nominates members to National Integrity Commission
The new oversight body was formed on October 6 to replace the Police Integrity Commission (PIC) and the Customs Integrity Commission (CIC) under a law passed by the parliament in late August. The four nominees are Yousuf Maaniu Mohamed, former head of the CIC, Mohamed Farhad, former vice president of the PIC, Hassaan Hameed, and Khadheeja Abdulla.
12 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
President Yameen briefs MPs on assassination attempt
President Abdulla Yameen is meeting with MPs of the ruling coalition and its former partner Jumhooree Party (JP) amid anxiety in Malé over an apparent assassination attempt on his speedboat on September 28.
12 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
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