Police raid MDP office during meeting, arrests senior officials

8 މާރިޗު 2018 | ބުރާސްފަތި 08:30

Officers raided the office while a meeting was ongoing

Shan Anees | 8 މާރިޗު 2018 | ބުރާސްފަތި 08:30

$Among the three arrested are members of the party\'s national council$

Among the three arrested are members of the party\'s national council

Police have stormed the main opposition party's headquarters in the capital city and arrested three members of its leadership.

Officers raided the party's main office in Heveiru of capital city Malé, on late Thursday morning, and arrested Hassan Mohamed, a member of the party's national council, MP Eva Abdulla's husband Ahmed Shahid, and former member of parliament Ilyas Labeeb.

Senior officials were in a meeting when officers entered the office, the party has informed. They said officers put the said indivdiduals in custody under the authority given to them by the government's contentious state of emergency, ongoing since early February.

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