Traffic Violation Criminal Attack Police Officers Family

A traffic violated criminal attacked the police officer and his brother in G.A. Atoll Gemanafushi. According to the media the Police constable was attacked after he stopped a speeding motorbike. Moments after that, some thugs went to the private residence of the constable and attacked him. When his family tried to defend him, they were attacked too.
A police media official said that two brothers of the constable were attacked. “After the constable was attacked, his two brothers were attacked. One of them was stabbed in the abdomen, while the other sustained a broken skull”, said the media official.
The family is now taken to the Thinadhoo the capital island of atoll for the treatment of serious injuries.

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Politically Violent Motorbikers Attack Police

A group of motor bikers attacked police posts in capital Male' including police vehicles and other equipments of Maldives police service.According to the local news the group belongs to Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) who lost the government after a peaceful resignation of President Nasheed.
The gang threatened and attacked police with knives damaging several equipments smashing computer system, damaging vehicles.
The Police also took into custody a group of people at Raalhugan’du area last night, who had attacked a Police vehicle in Henveiru. Confrontations took place between the two parties when Police tried to arrest them.
Attacking the Police and their vehicles has become common practice now. On 1 March, a Police Officer was attacked while riding his motorbike past Male’ City Council, with his motorbike set on fire subsequent to the attack.

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Maldives Government Forces Arrest chief justice of criminal court

The Maldives’ military has arrested the chief justice of the country’s criminal court after he released an opposition leader who had been detained without a warrant for allegedly defaming the government.

Monday’s arrest of Judge Abdulla Mohamed has prompted all courts in Maldives to boycott sessions on Tuesday, in what could become a showdown between the country’s first government chosen in free elections and the independent judiciary introduced by former pro-democracy political prisoner President Mohamed Nasheed after coming to power in 2008.

The arrest of a judge by the military is unprecedented in the Maldives, which became a multiparty democracy after 30 years of autocratic rule. It also sparked street protests in the capital of the Indian Ocean archipelago.

At least 200 protesters gathered near the police and military headquarters on Tuesday demanding adherence to court orders and release of the arrested judge but police and soldiers used batons to disperse them. One policewoman was injured in the scuffle.

A government statement quoted Foreign Minister Ahmed Naseem as saying on Tuesday that Mohamed was arrested “for corruption, in particular for allowing his judicial decisions to be determined by political and personal affiliations and interests.”

“The government of the Maldives fully supports and will always protect judicial independence,” Naseem said. “However, judicial independence does not mean that judges are above the law and can behave as they see fit contrary to the laws of the land. A judge is a citizen of the Maldives no more or less important than any other citizen.”

The country’s supreme court, the prosecutor general’s office and judicial services commission all issued statements calling the judge’s arrest illegal and requesting his release.

The prosecutor general’s office said that under the constitution a judge can be arrested only after a supreme court decision to do so.

With no positive response to their calls to release the judge, all other judges and court staff announced they are boycotting sessions and not extending detention orders on Tuesday.

Opposition activists said the arrest was in retaliation for the judge’s ruling that opposition leader Mohamed Jameel Ahmed’s detention a day earlier was illegal.
Associated Press

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Four Men Gang Raped a 16 Year Old Girl

Four men gang-raped a 16 year old girl on Saturday.According to the police the men forced the girl into a car while she was walking on the road around 12pm and raped her after drugging and intoxicating her in a hotel.They also has threaten the girl not to report the issue to the authorities after recording her video footage.
The arrested four suspects are Azmeel Ahmed, 20 of Hithadhooge/Seenu atoll Hithadhoo; Ismail Muneez, 19 of Maafannu Hiyami; Mohamed Azum, 25 of White Sea/Seenu atoll Maradhoo-Feydhoo; and Ahmed Nabeeh Moosa, 19 of Maafannu Fennairu.
Police Child Protection Unit head, Superintendent Ali Shujau said they will investigate the case as a serious crime using all the available resources.

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Police begins investigations on human body found in Vaavu Atoll

The Maldives Police Services has claimed that they have begun investigations on the found human body near vaavu atoll Fotteyo.
The body was found by a local boat while they were traveling near Fotteyo reef on Thursday afternoon.
Maldives police service has told that the found body was handcuffed and was charred beyond recognition and was a Male.
According to the Police, the body was badly decomposed, and may not be able to identify the victims.
The body is now kept in the government Morchery in capital Male and police getting ready for dna testing.
The police also stated that they have not recited any missing case from any part of the country, therefore the body is believed to be a one from a ship traveling near by.

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Expatriate Nurse Raped in Gulhee

A nurse was raped by 3 men on the night of 21st October at Kaafu Atoll Gulhee island. According to the health ministry the female nurse who has been working in the Maldives for the past five years was raped in her house.The group broke into a house through a window and gang raped the nurse.The police are investigating the matter and has captured three suspects believed to be group who raped a female nurse.The victim told the police that she was sharing the house with a teacher who was sleeping next room when the incident happened. She told that the group has put a cloth in her face as soon as they entered the room and she was unconscious when they raped her.As soon as she got consciousness she reported to council and the council reported the matter to the police. The victim was later taken to the Male' the capital city and is undergoing medical treatment.

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Two Soldiers Arrested for Looting

Two soldiers of Maldives National Defence Forces (MNDF) were caught by Maldives Police on Monday evening while they were trying to loot money from expatriates.According to expatriates the two soldier has looted them number of times.The expatriate claimed that the two men in military uniform entered the house for three consecutive nights and robbed Rf30,000, Rf24,000 and Rf12,000 after threatening them.
According to the press released by the MNDF the two soldier involved in looting were Lance Corporal Ali Ibrahim, 26, Aaraamuge, Lh. Hinnavaru who works at Coast Guard Operations and Private Hussain Mahir,23, Finifenmaage, L. Mundoo works in Security Services section of Coast Guard.Of these two, Ali Ibrahim joined MNDF on 2nd November 2004, and Hussain Mahir was recruited on 17th June 2008.

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Th. Atoll Hospital Foreign Doctors and Nurses on Strike

All the expat doctors and nurses have stopped working in Th. Atoll Hospital and declared themselves on strike.There are 5 doctors, 25 nurses and technical staffs who have stopped working.
Head of Thaa Atoll Hospital, Midhath Nasir, told Minivan News that expat doctors and nurses have complained that their visas have not been renewed accordingly and that they have had difficulties in leaving the country in emergency situations.
Meanwhile local newspaper Haveeru reported that more than 25 expats working at the hospital had met with the atoll council and complained about their issues.
Doctors and nurses told the council that in some cases their vacation days were all but over by the time they reached their home country.

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British honeymoon couple died in Maldives buggy crash

A young British couple were killed on their honeymoon in Maldives after hitting their buggy in to a tree.Jonathan and Emma Gray, both 25, were being driven back to their villa at the Kuredu Island Resort when they were involved in the accident in the early hours of Saturday morning. The couple, who had a six month old son, married on July 30 and were on the second day of their honeymoon. They were travelling in a four-wheeled buggy, similar to a quad bike, which is used to ferry guests around the island.

Spokesman Ahmed Shiyam said: 'We have a full team of officers investigating the tragic deaths of this couple. What we know so far is that they were being driven back to their room at around 4am on Saturday when their quad vehicle was involved in an accident.

'It appears that their vehicle crashed into a tree and they suffered fatal injuries. The driver of the quad bike was also seriously injured and is being treated at hospital.'

Mr Shiyam added: 'The driver suffered a range of injuries and was rushed to hospital. We are unable to comment in detail on his condition, but I beleive that he is now stable and conscious.

'We do not believe that he is now in any grave danger.'

Officials have been unable to indicate the nationality of the injured man but said he was not from the UK or the Maldives.

It is believed he was a long-term guest at the hotel and was believed to be in a relationship with a staff member.

At this stage it is unclear exactly why he was driving the couple of the vehicle and what caused them to crash. We have a team of officers working hard on the matter and hope to be able to give a clearer picture of what happened in the coming days,' said Mr Shiyam.

'At this stage all causes of action remain open to us and we cannot rule out criminal proceedings in the future.'

Specialist detectives from the Maldives' capital Male, which lies 80 miles to the south of the resort, yesterday travelled to Kuredu to probe the tragedy.

Kuredu is one of the largest resorts in the Maldives, big enough to include a golf course and golf buggys are used for getting around the island.

The resort lies in the country's Lhaviyani atoll and offers luxury accommodation in sea bungalows and secluded villas.

Officials said they would work alongside hotel staff to establish the cause of the fatal smash.

Meanwhile the Foreign Office today confirmed it was providing consular assistance following the tragedy.

A spokesman said: 'We are aware of the deaths of two British Nationals in Kuredu Island Resort and Spa, Maldives on 6 August 2011.

'Our thoughts are with the families at this sad time. We are providing consular assistance and liaising with both the police and the local authorities.'

The Indian Ocean Maldives archipelago is a consistently popular honeymoon destination for thousands of Britons.

The remote country is made up of more than 1,100 islands in 26 atolls.

Many of the 200 inhabited islands have been turned into luxury resorts, offering five star relaxation for foreign guests.

Kuredu Island Resort and Spa is in the Lhaviyani Atoll, north of the Male island group.

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Man arrested for sexually abusing 17 year-old Girl in Feydhoo

Police have arrested a 34 year-old man for repeatedly abusing 17 year-old girl in Addu City Feydhoo district. According to the Haveeru the man arrested is Hassan Naazil (photo) of Aaburuzeege Feydhoo who repeatedly had sex with girl by black mailing the girl with video footage which he captured secretly during his sexual attempt to the girl. Police caught him yesterday and had recovered the video and other evidence from his house.Police also had said that the court has extended his custody for 15 more days.

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