Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed’s lawyer Hisaan Hussein has found a hidden recording device as she met her client at a state detention facility on Tuesday.
Hisaan revealed in a post on her Twitter account, that a ‘red tape recorder’ was found under her chair and that authorities have not given any explanations.
I just found a red tape recorder placed under my chair by @PoliceMv while attending lawyer meeting with CJ at dhoonidhoo. Have shown it to many lawyers as well. Dhoonidhoo officers refused to give us any answers or explanations. #MaldivesInCrisis
— Hisaan ؟ (@hisaanhussain) March 14, 2018
Nazim Sattar, a lawyer known for having represented a number of the opposition’s detainees, said that a number of lawyers had demonstrated against outside the facility in Dhoonidhoo island.