A man who publicly threatened President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has been remanded following his arrest earlier on Sunday.

The 47-year-old man was arrested from Vilufushi island in Thaa atoll under a court order, revealed the Maldives Police Service (MPS).

Police confirmed that he has been remanded for a period of 15 days, as investigations continue into the remarks he made during a live telecast on Channel 13, to “set fire to the president”.

Maldives Broadcasting Commission is also probing the matter.

The supporter of opposition coalition comprising of Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) and People’s National Congress (PNC) publicly called to set the president on fire during a programme broadcast on Channel 13 at 1pm, Thursday.

Since then, Channel 13 has apologized from the general public, having revealed that the participant of its “Rayyithunge Adu” programme, had spoken on his belief and that they had disconnected the live phone call “immediately” after he made the remarks.

The channel added that they “do not encourage violence and hatred among the society” and that the station will not by any means allow opportunity for anyone to go against the country’s laws.

The opposition support’s threatening remark comes at a time the channel has been warned by the Maldives Broadcasting Commission a number of times.

Broadcom’s Code of Practice clearly states that human dignity and privacy must be respected and that “content which include defamatory language or audio/visual material which aims to vilify a person or a group of people must not be broadcast” and that “content must neither condone nor present a positive portrayal of criminal offenses such as; murder, violence, theft, illicit gang activities, psychological abuse, domestic violence, terrorism, bloodshed, weapons based crimes, mugging, vandalism and fraud.”