Maldives Judiciary prevents President Nasheed from arbitrarily arresting Opposition Leader Yaameen
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed tried unsuccessfully on June 7th to arbitrarily arrest Opposition Leader Abdulla Yaameen. Nasheed’s political appointee Police Commissioner Ahmed Faseeh was ordered by President Nasheed to carry out the arrest. However, the Judiciary refused to issue Commissioner Faseeh with a warrant, citing that the police had insufficient evidence to justify the warrant. Abdulla Yaameen is the Leader of opposition party People’s Alliance and MP for Meemu Mulah Constituency.
The only justification shown by Commissioner Faseeh to arrest Yaameen was printouts of hate articles from internet site Dhivehi Observer, a site solely focused on inciting hatred for former president Gayoom and opposition leaders. Sources report that the court judge threw this so-called evidence out of court as utter rubbish. Dhivehi Observer is owned and operated by President Nasheed’s Minister of State for Technology Ahmed Shafeeq (aka Kuda Sappey). Its lead contributing writers include President Nasheed’s younger brother Nazim, his younger sister Nasheeda and his cousin Nuzu (daughter of Bodu Sikka, the convicted terrorist and traitor of November 3rd).
What is evident now is that President Nasheed is using his family and cronies to manufacture false reports filled with allegations against opposition leaders; reports that he then sends to the Maldives Police Service with orders to investigate. The process was first begun with reports manufactured by his crony Auditor General Maakun Ibrahim Naeem. It has now gone to the extent that police is ordered to investigate the known hate website, Dhivehi Observer. In the days to come it is likely that this hate website will churn out more false reports of President Nasheed’s future persecution targets.
Sources report that police approached the same judge who issued a search warrant for the corporate offices of MP Ahmed Nazim’s former company, Namira. Although the judge rejected the police appeal, the police is reported to be working to try and apprehend Yaameen. Superintendent Ahmed Areef was abruptly appointed on Saturday to lead the police investigation team. Ahmed Areef is the husband of MDP Chairman Mariya Did’s sister Rugiyya. Rugiyya is President Nasheed’s secretary, with the designation of Deputy Undersecretary, Executive Services branch of The President’s Office.
The police are also reportedly pursing the arrest of 16 persons so far unnamed. Sources report that although the courts had rejected the first appeal by the police to issue arrest warrants for these hunted sixteen, police will be appealing to the courts again this week.
This latest attempt by President Nasheed to hunt down his political opponents comes at a time that he has been soundly beaten repeatedly in the political arena. Beginning with his massive defeat at the parliamentary polls on May 9th, Nasheed has been defeated both in parliament and outside by his political opponents.
During his MDP parliamentary campaign, President Nasheed in fact threatened that he would persecute the opposition if he was defeated at the polls. Speaking in his capacity as President at a public meeting at Alifushi on April 19th, Nasheed threatened that, “When a member of my party pesters me for something, I will grant that member’s request. But, if a member of another party pesters me, my evilness will be clearly seen. I can also do many things with my left hand and right hand. Never think, and none of you can even imagine, the things I would do or would not do.”
Immediately after his defeat, President Nasheed’s publicly promised his party that he would make high profile arrests in the upcoming days. “Not one of you, doubt me on this. Take what I say now seriously, not as a joke. I will arrest people. … And I will do this too in a systemic manner. I will take this action at the appropriate time. I will do as you are demanding that I do. And when I set out to arrest people, no one can stop me”, Nasheed vowed to his ecstatic followers at an MDP rally on May 20th. The rally was held immediately after a series of failed demonstrations by MDP hooligans in front of Opposition Leader Gayoom’s residence. These demonstrations were lead by Nasheed’s State Minister for Transport Aslam Shakir.
Speaking at the same rally, Nasheed told his screaming followers, “I have not even one iota of doubt about the powers I have [as president], about my political powers and about how these powers can be used and about how I intend to use these powers”.
These vows and actions are part and parcel of a large scale hate and persecution campaign mounted by Nasheed in the post election days. At the national level, Nasheed’s intimidation of independent MPs, opposition leaders, young dissidents, and civil servants was escalated with a vengeance. Nasheed’s attempt on May 27th to arrest Opposition Leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was prevented by neighboring countries and international media interest.
In May, immediately after his party was heavily beaten in the parliamentary elections, Nasheed created his Witch Hunt Commission. The Commission is solely comprised of his closest henchmen who had been leading the attacks on Nasheed’s political opponents. It is led by his crony Ali Shiyam, son of key MDP financier Abdulla Ali. Abdulla Ali originally gained his riches by swindling his employer Abdul Hakeem. The homosexual leader of the religious fundamentalist party Adhaalath Party Hussein Rasheed is also a member of the Witch Hunt Commission. Hussain Rasheed has been vociferous in hate attacks against former president and opposition leader Gayoom. The rest of the Commission membership consists of MDP radicals publicly known for their virulent hate attacks on opposition leaders. Ali Shiyam’s younger brother, MP for Faafu Biledhdhoo constituency Ahmed Hamza is known to be the architect directing the police investigative team assigned to the Witch Hunt Commission.
Nasheed’s Witch Hunt Commission has been criticized by leading legal experts as being unconstitutional and having excessive powers outside the bounds of law. In this respect, legal experts slammed Nasheed for infringing on the constitutional mandates of the Anti Corruption Commission and the Prosecutor General and the mandates of the Maldives Police Service under law.
In late May, President Nasheed also attempted to arrest Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Ahmed Nazim. However, this arbitrary arrest too was foiled by the Judiciary. The Judiciary then too rejected Commissioner Faseeh’s repeated attempts to obtain court warrants for the Deputy Speaker’s arrest on the basis of insufficient evidence. Deputy Speaker Ahmed Nazim is Deputy Leader of People’s Alliance and MP for Meemu Dhiggaru Constituency. He has also served two previous consecutive terms as MP for Meemu Atoll. However, Police Commissioner Faseeh did illegally arrest Ahmed Nazim’s wife, entering into their private home and apprehending her without a court warrant. She was released after 24 hours when the Judiciary refused to issue a warrant for her detention by police.
The very next week, President Nasheed also attempted to arrest MP for Baa Eydhafushi Ahmed Saleem. In this case too, the Judiciary prevented Police Commissioner Faseeh from excessive use of police powers. It later granted a warrant for the Department of Immigration to confiscate MP Saleem’s passport. MP Ahmed Saleem is the Leader of opposition party, Party to Alleviate Poverty.
Police did not let up on their persecution of MPs Ahmed Nazim and Ahmed Saleem. On June 6th, both MPs were taken to police for questioning. MP Saleem later stated to media that he made every attempt to cooperate with police. However, the police investigative team made too many personal attacks on his reputation that he had to end the interview.
Within the last month, police have thrice brutally attacked peaceful gatherings and arrested several opposition activists. Two independent MPs have been threatened with trumped up fraud cases, while young dissidents and their families are harassed. Protected by the regime, members of President Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) commit acts of arson and vandalism against those suspected of not voting for MDP’s parliamentary candidates. Muggings of opposition party members are reported from constituencies where MDP suffered huge defeats. Two young DRP activists were knifed in Male’ last month. Opposition leader Gayoom was threatened with death by lynching by MDP mouthpiece Reeko Moosa on public TV.
In this climate of terror created by his disintegrating regime, President Nasheed has overturned all democratic institutions and gathered all powers into his own hands. He has used the police force to intimidate and harrass dissenters. His indefensible persecution of opposition leaders are clear signs that he himself knows that his days as president are numbered. It remains to be seen how long the Maldives Judiciary will stand firm and protect civilian rights from persecution by President Nasheed.
The only justification shown by Commissioner Faseeh to arrest Yaameen was printouts of hate articles from internet site Dhivehi Observer, a site solely focused on inciting hatred for former president Gayoom and opposition leaders. Sources report that the court judge threw this so-called evidence out of court as utter rubbish. Dhivehi Observer is owned and operated by President Nasheed’s Minister of State for Technology Ahmed Shafeeq (aka Kuda Sappey). Its lead contributing writers include President Nasheed’s younger brother Nazim, his younger sister Nasheeda and his cousin Nuzu (daughter of Bodu Sikka, the convicted terrorist and traitor of November 3rd).
What is evident now is that President Nasheed is using his family and cronies to manufacture false reports filled with allegations against opposition leaders; reports that he then sends to the Maldives Police Service with orders to investigate. The process was first begun with reports manufactured by his crony Auditor General Maakun Ibrahim Naeem. It has now gone to the extent that police is ordered to investigate the known hate website, Dhivehi Observer. In the days to come it is likely that this hate website will churn out more false reports of President Nasheed’s future persecution targets.
Sources report that police approached the same judge who issued a search warrant for the corporate offices of MP Ahmed Nazim’s former company, Namira. Although the judge rejected the police appeal, the police is reported to be working to try and apprehend Yaameen. Superintendent Ahmed Areef was abruptly appointed on Saturday to lead the police investigation team. Ahmed Areef is the husband of MDP Chairman Mariya Did’s sister Rugiyya. Rugiyya is President Nasheed’s secretary, with the designation of Deputy Undersecretary, Executive Services branch of The President’s Office.
The police are also reportedly pursing the arrest of 16 persons so far unnamed. Sources report that although the courts had rejected the first appeal by the police to issue arrest warrants for these hunted sixteen, police will be appealing to the courts again this week.
This latest attempt by President Nasheed to hunt down his political opponents comes at a time that he has been soundly beaten repeatedly in the political arena. Beginning with his massive defeat at the parliamentary polls on May 9th, Nasheed has been defeated both in parliament and outside by his political opponents.
During his MDP parliamentary campaign, President Nasheed in fact threatened that he would persecute the opposition if he was defeated at the polls. Speaking in his capacity as President at a public meeting at Alifushi on April 19th, Nasheed threatened that, “When a member of my party pesters me for something, I will grant that member’s request. But, if a member of another party pesters me, my evilness will be clearly seen. I can also do many things with my left hand and right hand. Never think, and none of you can even imagine, the things I would do or would not do.”
Immediately after his defeat, President Nasheed’s publicly promised his party that he would make high profile arrests in the upcoming days. “Not one of you, doubt me on this. Take what I say now seriously, not as a joke. I will arrest people. … And I will do this too in a systemic manner. I will take this action at the appropriate time. I will do as you are demanding that I do. And when I set out to arrest people, no one can stop me”, Nasheed vowed to his ecstatic followers at an MDP rally on May 20th. The rally was held immediately after a series of failed demonstrations by MDP hooligans in front of Opposition Leader Gayoom’s residence. These demonstrations were lead by Nasheed’s State Minister for Transport Aslam Shakir.
Speaking at the same rally, Nasheed told his screaming followers, “I have not even one iota of doubt about the powers I have [as president], about my political powers and about how these powers can be used and about how I intend to use these powers”.
These vows and actions are part and parcel of a large scale hate and persecution campaign mounted by Nasheed in the post election days. At the national level, Nasheed’s intimidation of independent MPs, opposition leaders, young dissidents, and civil servants was escalated with a vengeance. Nasheed’s attempt on May 27th to arrest Opposition Leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was prevented by neighboring countries and international media interest.
In May, immediately after his party was heavily beaten in the parliamentary elections, Nasheed created his Witch Hunt Commission. The Commission is solely comprised of his closest henchmen who had been leading the attacks on Nasheed’s political opponents. It is led by his crony Ali Shiyam, son of key MDP financier Abdulla Ali. Abdulla Ali originally gained his riches by swindling his employer Abdul Hakeem. The homosexual leader of the religious fundamentalist party Adhaalath Party Hussein Rasheed is also a member of the Witch Hunt Commission. Hussain Rasheed has been vociferous in hate attacks against former president and opposition leader Gayoom. The rest of the Commission membership consists of MDP radicals publicly known for their virulent hate attacks on opposition leaders. Ali Shiyam’s younger brother, MP for Faafu Biledhdhoo constituency Ahmed Hamza is known to be the architect directing the police investigative team assigned to the Witch Hunt Commission.
Nasheed’s Witch Hunt Commission has been criticized by leading legal experts as being unconstitutional and having excessive powers outside the bounds of law. In this respect, legal experts slammed Nasheed for infringing on the constitutional mandates of the Anti Corruption Commission and the Prosecutor General and the mandates of the Maldives Police Service under law.
In late May, President Nasheed also attempted to arrest Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Ahmed Nazim. However, this arbitrary arrest too was foiled by the Judiciary. The Judiciary then too rejected Commissioner Faseeh’s repeated attempts to obtain court warrants for the Deputy Speaker’s arrest on the basis of insufficient evidence. Deputy Speaker Ahmed Nazim is Deputy Leader of People’s Alliance and MP for Meemu Dhiggaru Constituency. He has also served two previous consecutive terms as MP for Meemu Atoll. However, Police Commissioner Faseeh did illegally arrest Ahmed Nazim’s wife, entering into their private home and apprehending her without a court warrant. She was released after 24 hours when the Judiciary refused to issue a warrant for her detention by police.
The very next week, President Nasheed also attempted to arrest MP for Baa Eydhafushi Ahmed Saleem. In this case too, the Judiciary prevented Police Commissioner Faseeh from excessive use of police powers. It later granted a warrant for the Department of Immigration to confiscate MP Saleem’s passport. MP Ahmed Saleem is the Leader of opposition party, Party to Alleviate Poverty.
Police did not let up on their persecution of MPs Ahmed Nazim and Ahmed Saleem. On June 6th, both MPs were taken to police for questioning. MP Saleem later stated to media that he made every attempt to cooperate with police. However, the police investigative team made too many personal attacks on his reputation that he had to end the interview.
Within the last month, police have thrice brutally attacked peaceful gatherings and arrested several opposition activists. Two independent MPs have been threatened with trumped up fraud cases, while young dissidents and their families are harassed. Protected by the regime, members of President Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) commit acts of arson and vandalism against those suspected of not voting for MDP’s parliamentary candidates. Muggings of opposition party members are reported from constituencies where MDP suffered huge defeats. Two young DRP activists were knifed in Male’ last month. Opposition leader Gayoom was threatened with death by lynching by MDP mouthpiece Reeko Moosa on public TV.
In this climate of terror created by his disintegrating regime, President Nasheed has overturned all democratic institutions and gathered all powers into his own hands. He has used the police force to intimidate and harrass dissenters. His indefensible persecution of opposition leaders are clear signs that he himself knows that his days as president are numbered. It remains to be seen how long the Maldives Judiciary will stand firm and protect civilian rights from persecution by President Nasheed.
June 11, 2009 9:12 PM
what nonsense you keep writing
June 11, 2009 9:35 PM
nonsense? lol.. anonymous 9:12 u wont find nonsense at sappes DO. bcos of people like u we are all living in nonsense! good post.
June 11, 2009 9:44 PM
that's very true. i say nasheed or any of his cronies does not know how to govern... and anonymous 9:12 if its nonsense prove it wrong. MDP supporters like you are now blind and you have created another dictator... worse than the previous one!
June 11, 2009 10:10 PM
hahaha, yeah, Moakulhi Sappalhey has all very good and decent articles on his DO site! That surely must be the joke of the century.
June 11, 2009 10:39 PM
There's none so blind as those who refuse to see. During the past six months this country has made a steep descent into ruins in all aspects of life. Our reserves are almost exhausted. So much of our money is being thrown out to these good-for-nothing MDP councilors. What a waste. Prices of commodities have not come down. A kilo of veges at the market have risen to 40 rufiya. If this is what 'AIY FOARA FASHAH' means then God prevent us from being taken too far into the Dark Ages of BM. All these privatisation of facilities are going to raise the average Maldivian's expenditure. And our debts will definitely increase. This is what President Nasheed's government is bringing to Maldives. This certainly is not the change that people wanted to see. Almighty Allah, please save Maldives from this great calamity brought on by MDP.
June 11, 2009 11:17 PM
hahaha! Moakulhi Sappay IS the joke of the century! Pathetic little bastard tries to hide the shameful facts of his own questionable legitimacy! See the proof. Look at all his siblings. Does he have the remotest resemblance to them?? See for yourself.
June 12, 2009 5:54 AM
why you people talking about sappay. In this artcile no mention of sappay. i think people jealous of sappay.
June 12, 2009 9:56 AM
Nasheed has good development plans. But how can he concentrate on anything else with DRP breathing down his neck? Give him time and he will prove to be the best we have had so far. He has vision.
June 12, 2009 10:02 AM
yeah ? you shit trap anonymous @9:56... Anni has no more vision than you. The only thing he has in sight is a bottle of Sula Shiraz and a ganja stick.
June 12, 2009 11:01 AM
goodness me. who on earth could be jealous of little sappalhey. he was born with filth, a stupid illegitimate guy. he speaks filth he writes filth and he lives filth. anni thinks he can limit carbon? ask him to limit his filth first. DO is the filthiest website on earth! some record for a person who calls himself a maldivian.
June 12, 2009 11:18 AM
Did you say that Anni has good development plans? What world are you living on? Aren't you aware that Anni is proposing to sell of our airports and major infrastructure to his cronies? As justification Anni says this will bring in MRf 3 BILLION. Do you seriously think that these facilities were established after 11 November 2008 with a value of 3 billion? Give me a break! Male' International Airport was first built by our fathers with their bllod, sweat & tears. Doesn't anyone remember the tremendous community spirit we had back then in the eighties? Remember all those dhonis filled with loads of dhonveli etc. coming from all over the country... all those islanders who didn't have much but still sacrificed it willingly for our shared vision of building our first ever international airport. That first airport alone is now worth at least MRf 1 Billion (that's according to Anni's own Finance Minister) and you seriously think that happened all on its own, "naturally"? It's true what another reader said: there are none so blind as those who will not see!
June 12, 2009 11:38 AM
Annie has tunnel vision (or should I say "flat" vision??)!!
As for little Sappalhey, yeah right! Moakulhi should first do an expose into his mother's affairs. Get the "inside" story...know what I mean...kekeke
June 12, 2009 11:44 AM
Jealous? Jealous, my foot! Small arse sappe is a worthless piece of shit. His "father" disowned him. Ask the neighbours about that hullaballoo. What a ruckus they created inside Maafusheege (aka Maafusheege Kulhivaru Kaanivaa). Ask about the notorious dress up parties FK Moosabeyyaa used to hold. About how the entire family participated. Go on, ask if you want to know the truth. Chee chee FK Moosabeyya. Your legacy lives on... Talk about trying to cover up one's own smelly shit
June 12, 2009 11:52 AM
Hee hee halaaku,
The best proof Moakulhi Sappalhey has of his legitimacy is that he is carrying on the FK tradition of his "dad" Moakulhi Moosabeyya!
June 12, 2009 12:13 PM
Lot, really? So is it really true about the kulhi parties inside maafushige? I also used to hear about it when I was in school, but didn't really know the details. i remember once hearing some boys talking about some incident the previous night, about how one of their friends had to be taken to central hospital and that the parents were given money by moakulhi moosabeyya. he was called fk moosabey at that time
June 12, 2009 2:36 PM
Yea, it's true. Moakulhi Moosabe really did some nasty stuff to a lot of boys. I heard one story about the dad of one of those poor boys threatening to cut off FK Moosabe's dingdong if he messed with his boy one more time...
June 12, 2009 2:39 PM
anon@11:18... do you know how the airport sale flopped? a british millionaire wanted to buy male' int'l airport for 3 million dollars. anni sent kerafaa naseem and ih zaki to negotiate. the uk guy found out that kerafa naseem and ih zaki wanted their commission @ 1 million usd each. the uk guy called them traitors and corrupt 'politicians' and left the deal dead. now there is no talk about people wanting to buy our airports. privatisation my foot!
June 12, 2009 2:45 PM
dear anni and cronies... yameen is smarter and more poliched than you can even imagine. dont even try to lay a finger on him. he has thousands of supporters admirers and of course family members who will protect him. as for commissioner faseeh ... eyna ah rangalhu commissioneh dheefa vaki kuran vefa yey eheree! meehaa ah vure dheguna bodu (can you imagine!)vazeefaa eh dhineema kihineh dhen vaanee. maa qualified meehun ethibenee eynage dhashuga hairaan vefa.to return to the point... anni can reach to zaki goathi vagu mohammad shihab etc, but not yameen and nazim!
June 12, 2009 2:50 PM
by the way, did you guys notice that human rights commission chairperson saleem and deputy chairperson zahid never appear on media now just in case they may criticise anni's govt. only ahamed abdul kareem, member of the Hr comm dares to appear on tv. where on earth is their media officer dhelia family jeehaanu. all are so scared of the regime dho! ahmed ah saabas. hiyyvaru kollaa. dhen faharakun ves hoveyne.
June 12, 2009 4:05 PM
I think the judiciary will stand firm against President Nasheed's politics of intimidation. They know they are our only hope and they will not let us down, Insha Allah. Where are all those so-called "friends" of the Maldives now that we are well and truly under the jackboot of the fascists? Have they wrung everything they need out of our poor people? No matter, we existed without their help for a thousand years and we will do so still. Brave show, the judiciary!
June 12, 2009 5:38 PM
And you know, Moakulhi Moosabeyya dressed fookuda Sappalhey in drag, and was seen cupping him fondly. There's lots more dirty underwear (pun intended) in that Maafusheege Kulhivaru Kaanivaa. I bet many of the readers know these shameful escapades of Moakulhi Moosabeyya and his entire sexually deviated family, with fookuda sappalhey being the one most affected. He still suffers from an inferiority complex and is terrified of real women. The only "women" he can get close to are gays.
June 12, 2009 7:21 PM
Hmm yeah, everybody knew at least one person who was abused by Moakulhi Moosabey at Maafusheege. So when Fookuda Sappalhey grows up he'll be a Moakulhi just like his dad? Good thinking, Sappalhey; stay with what you know.
June 13, 2009 8:49 PM
Thankyou Yameen for standing up to clear your name. More others who have been labelled as thieves/Corrupted etc by DO Sappey & RN should stand up and clear themselves like Yameen intends to do.
June 15, 2009 1:04 PM
yameen asss... u all golhaaa & always will b golhaa... hahaha
June 15, 2009 5:06 PM
@Anonymous 1:04PM MDP supporters comment for sure... the only uncivilzed cowards who'll start barking like dogs and call out filth whenever someone talks facts will be MDP Cowards. And sadly they can never prove us wrong. haha you're a huge joke and u guys always put a smile on my face and at the sad time it's sad to see uncivilized uneducated barbaric maldivians like you. but its no suprise - you support MDP.
June 16, 2009 10:46 PM
I support Yameen. am sure many mdpers support him as well, but with reekokko barking they are scared to death to say any words of praise aloud. c'mon, this is democracy, dont be scared, speak the truth. Yameen is the best politician in town right now.