RaajjeTV journalist in Sri Lanka for injury treatment
Hussan Hussain boarded a plane to Sri Lanka on Sunday evening. Police tried to stop him from leaving but failed as he had already passed through the boarding gate.
19 Feb 2018, 9:00 AM
A RaajjeTV journalist is being treated at a Colombo hospital for injuries sustained at the hands of Maldives police while covering an opposition protest.
Hussan Hussain boarded a plane to Sri Lanka on Sunday evening. Police tried to stop him from leaving but failed as he had already passed through the boarding gate.
Police later denied these reports, despite eyewitnesses accounts and video footage of officers near the gate.
“Hassan had sustained internal injuries and had to be taken to Sri Lanka for treatment to make sure that he received proper treatment,” RaajjeTV COO Hussain Fiyaz Moosa told the Maldives Independent.
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