Maldives court orders ex-president arrested | Inquirer News

Maldives court orders ex-president arrested

/ 08:59 AM October 08, 2012

In this photograph taken on August 31, 2012, former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed addresses journalists in Male. AFP FILE PHOTO

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A Maldives court has ordered ex-President Mohamed Nasheed arrested after he failed to appear for a hearing to face charges that he illegally ordered the arrest of a judge.

Party spokesman Abdul Gafoor confirmed a report on the Haveeru daily’s website that a court on Sunday ordered police to produce Nasheed “in court by keeping him in custody” to face charges on Tuesday.

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Last week, the Hulhumale Magistrate Court ordered Nasheed to appear at a hearing and not leave the capital, Male, without the court’s permission. Nasheed defied both orders.

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He was a democracy activist and political prisoner before becoming president in the country’s first multiparty election in 2008.

He resigned in February after the judge’s arrest triggered widespread protests.

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