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Death threat to Muizzu
Man arrested over death threat to Pres. Muizzu
The 25-year-old suspect was arrested for making a death threat against President Muizzu on Facebook
The threat was made in response to news about discussions on issuing death penalty for drug traffickers
Police arrested the suspect within 12 hours of the social media post and confiscated his phone
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A man who issued a death threat to President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has been arrested.
The person arrested in connection with the death threat is Maseeh Moosa, 25, from Thimarafushi island of Thaa atoll.
The police institution revealed that the suspect was arrested on Thursday night under a court order in connection with a case of issuing a death threat to the president on social media.
Further, MPS added that his phone has been confiscated as part of the investigation.
Maseeh was arrested in relation to a post he made on social media platform ‘Facebook’.
The post was a comment on a news article titled “Discussions underway to issue death penalty for drug traffickers”, which featured a photo of President Muizzu. In his comment, Maseeh wrote something to the effect that the first step should be to kill the president.
Police confirmed that Maseeh was taken into custody under a court order within 12 hours of publishing the post.
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