Yumnu's fall: report implementation ordered, no action against Ihusaan
The Presidential Commission's report on Yumnu's fatal fall has led to orders for implementing its findings, but no action has been taken against Minister Ihusaan despite his alleged involvement in leaking investigation details
President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu (L) and Home Minister Ali Ihusaan (R)
While the implementation of the findings from the report issued by the Presidential Commission, established to investigate the incident of 21-year-old Hawwa Yumnu Rasheed falling from the ninth floor of H. Fentenoy onto the roof of H. Mithaaz in the early hours of April 18, has been ordered, no directive has been given to take action against Minister of Homeland Security and Technology Ali Ihusaan.
It has been revealed that Minister Ihusaan repeatedly provided some information from the investigation of the incident where Yumnu fell from the stairwell window on the ninth floor of H. Fentenoy to former Undersecretary for Digital Strategy at the President's Office Daud Ahmed, the brother of Raud Ahmed Zilaal, who is the chief suspect in the case. This has been stated in the report compiled after concluding the investigation of the presidential statement related to the case.
Some aspects of the Presidential Commission's report have been ordered to be implemented. As such, President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has instructed the Maldives Police Service (MPS) to revise their SOPs, familiarize employees, provide training, and to investigate and take corrective measures against the employees who were negligent in Yumnu’s case, in a bid to ensure that the issues highlighted in the report regarding the police are not repeated.
The president has also ordered an investigation into the discrepancies between the statement given to the police by Daud and his statement to the Presidential Commission.
Further, the president has instructed the Ministry of Health to take necessary steps to strengthen the administrative matters of Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) and its FPU, as part of implementing the findings highlighted by the Presidential Commission.
Although action has been ordered in relation to the issues identified in the report, the government has not yet disclosed any measures taken in this regard.
The police investigation into Yumnu's fall in the early hours of April 18 has been subject to criticism from several members of the public. Many young adults in Malé City also held a series of protests, expressing distrust in the police's statements and the institution’s handling of the case. The police institution did not make any effort to find evidence from the roof of H. Mithaaz, where Yumnu was found fallen. It has been revealed that the investigation officers and scene of crime officers who went to Fentenoy for investigation on the evening of April 18 did not climb onto the roof of H. Mithaaz to search for evidence either.
