Lawyer Mahfooz barred from court
Mahfooz Saeed, who was attacked while he was part of the legal team representing former president Mohamed Nasheed, has been barred from court by the Department of Judicial Administration.
13 Dec 2017, 9:00 AM
An opposition-aligned lawyer who survived a brutal stabbing has been barred from all trials for allegedly violating rules overseeing lawyers and courts.
Mahfooz Saeed, who was attacked while he was part of the legal team representing former president Mohamed Nasheed, was barred by the Department of Judicial Administration.
“If it is a decision related to me, I should be the first to have been informed. But I learned about it from another lawyer,” Mahfooz told the Maldives Independent.
“This is a very unfair decision. Measures should be taken after following the due procedure. The first step should have been to record my statement,” he added.
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