MP Saud Hussein released over discrepancy in arrest warrant

MP Saud Hussein, the opposition aligned parliamentarian who was arrested from the Jumhooree Party’s headquarters this week, has been released due to a discrepancy in arrest warrant.

MP Hussein was arrested for having entered the parliament premises, while the Elections Commission has announced that he is no longer a parliamentarian – a decision based on a Supreme Court ruling earlier this month banning floor-crossing.

Said discrepancy is that the court order, which officers used as a basis and the authority for the arrest, was issued in another parliamentarian’s name, MP Mohamed Ameeth, of the Madduvari constituency.

The court order says that ‘MP Ameeth’ would pose a threat to national security if he is allowed to remain a free.