Opposition lawmaker Imthiyaz Fahmy, a highly vocal opponent of the government, has been summoned for Wednesday night.

MP Fahmy was summoned on Tuesday for 1:30 PM but was given opportunity to speak with officers in the presence of a lawyer. He has been summoned again for 08:30 PM on Wednesday.

 The parliamentarian is being investigated for comments he allegedly made. Fahmy told the press after attending the police headquarters on Tuesday that the Maldives is a ‘hard place to find legal representation’.

He highlighted that a number of individuals are already been represented, given that the police had made mass arrests during the demonstrations held in capital city Malé. Police on Tuesday said that only nine of them are currently in detention.

MP Fahmy said that he had told the police of this as well.