The Criminal Court last night ordered the release of seven men arrested by police in connection with a series of stabbings over the weekend, including the murder of a 17 year-old boy n Friday.
The boy was stabbed in the leg as he was climbing into a lorry, severing a major artery, and slowly bled to death despite eight hours of treatment and blood transfusions.
A police media official said the seven men were arrested after police received information that the men were connected to the death of the 17 year-old boy, and that they had planned similar attacks.
“It is the duty of the police to maintain the peace of the society under article number 49 of the Constitution,’’ he said. “So in order to prevent further attacks they had planned, we requested the Criminal Court grant an extension of their detention, as we had information that there were more planned attacks.’’
He said that all seven men had recent police records of assault and battery and other gang-related crimes.
‘’But the Criminal Court, however, released them,” he added.
Minivan News understands that senior police are furious at the court’s ruling.
“At dawn, some people attacked the private property of a very senior police officer. They burned his motorbike, which cost over Rf100,000,’’ the spokesperson noted, when queried as to the current state of security in Male’.
When Minivan News called the mobile phone of Spokesperson for the Criminal Court Ahmed Riffath, seeking a comment on the ruling, the man who answered claimed Riffath was not there he did not know when or how he could be reached, and quickly hung up.
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Thanks Mr Police Inspector.
Dig more and you will find evidence not to nail those who stabbed the boy but those judges who are obstructing your efforts to maintain peace in this society.
They are the actual criminals.
I am waiting for the day to hear that at least Judge Abdulla Mohamed is behind bars.
Maybe I will go and visit him just to say hello and observe how he feels when he is suddenly faced with the reality
"A police media official said the seven men were arrested after police received information that the men were connected to the death of the 17 year-old boy, and that they had planned similar attacks."
IS THAT ALL? arrested because they received information that they were connected to it? that is not enough to lock someone up.
- what if that information is wrong?
- to have even a "reasonable" belief that someone committed a crime or took part in a crime requires more than just one information source, it requires corroborative evidence.
e.g I could give information to the police that everyone in Male' is trying to steal from me, so shouldnt they lock everyone up?
Infact am giving out information at this moment, that minivannews is deadly biased, so shouldnt the police block minivannews, and look up "fair" media from the constitution.
Stop this game and
- please jail all the people who have already been sentenced, there have been many who have a sentence are free because of the silly excuse that the jail lacks space there are more than 900 of them.
- please jail all those people who have been released on parole and clemency for political benefits
* and how come you dint release yameen when the court asked the police to release him, but instead they went to the high court and the supreme court, double standards for political opponents?
* and how come they could go and close buildings without court warrants like today at JSC?
* and how come the army was able to get involved and did not require a court warrant or a 24 hour extension and arrested and detained yameen an elected MP? and took him out of Male'? and did not present him to court even though there was a court warrant? which as a matter of fact is still at force today and has still not been complied with.
double standards and political games may make the activists happy and jump up and down throwing stones and assaulting competitors but its the average joe who suffers.
we have arrived at a time and place where we all need to take stock of things...like our own lives, our dreams and fantasies. And who is obstructing them? Who represents the barrier to meaningful progress?
All we know is our simple lives have now become so complex, thanks to the honorable so-called judges and lawyers in Maldives.
Come to think of it...ever since ordinary Maldivians began to voice their real concerns in the public, these so-called lawyers and judges have always found a hole in the ground to hide from their oaths. They were obviously too busy to service third rate crooks in acquiring lucrative tourism deals. Kaamchaoru!!
Gayoom became a dictator, thanks to the kind of judges and lawyers present at that time.
So now we find ourselves again with these bunch of A-holes that we need to decide once and for all what we ought to do with them. Look at that fat imbecile, the PG who has been hiding from his responsibility ever since this whole thing began....
This is a good time to act outside the map. President should use his special powers. Our children are in danger.
@jerry on Mon, 2nd Aug 2010 8:51 PM
Wow...! such anger on Yameen's detention... that explains all your logical fallacy tactics. But all empty talking points and none will believe you except few suffering from "Blue Forever Syndrome (BFS)".
What are you trying to prove? Do you want Police to prove full case to you before they can arrest anyone. Common, they have a job to do. And their Media Officials cannot release "actionable intelligence" and all proofs to the media. That would be obstructing their own investigations. And thanks to our "honorable" Judges 😉
THIS IS IT! It's time to take actions and bring peace and security to this nation.
Jerry,you are one of them (suffering BFS)... "And You need to be detained,contained or quarantined immediately " there it goes .. 😉 btw, sorry for that,but you need to calm down.
We are talking about serious issues here. We are concerned here with "Criminal court ordering the release of seven men arrested on suspicion of murdering 17 year old". IT'S A MURDER CASE,for GOD sake! Wake up, will you! And any investigation will start from suspicion and preliminary information and proofs received. You can't ask or expect investigators to fully prove the case without detaining such felons on serious cases such as murder. We are talking about our future. This Country's future. Not even just us. Our children and there children and their grand,grand children and that includes you and your children as well.
Don't try to fool us with these sorts of false ideology to justify your feeble "view points".
Truth will win eventually.
In Almighty GOD we trust.
First send back to jail the hundreds of criminals who been released from jail earlier this year without a parole process; and then arrest those who have been given jail terms but never implemented.
According to HRCM there are some 500 criminals who have been given jail terms but never implemented.
Well isn't this is? Democracy and human rights? Rights of those who are suspected and investigated for crimes?
Its not only the judiciary, but the police themselves are corrupt and linked to the gangs. Therefore even if they have the evidence they will not present any of it. In addition to this they still try to operate as the police inspectors in Indian Villages while claiming their professionalism and technological capabilities.
But in reality when it comes to serious crimes like murder they have miserably failed so far and GOD knows where is the technological and forensic ability.
Perhaps we need a honest dictator to take care of the country.
@hameed on Mon, 2nd Aug 2010 10:07 PM
Hameed,You have a very huge problem.You are suffering from "BFS". 😉
“And You need to be detained,contained or quarantined immediately ”
For GOD's sake , This is a Murder case! You can't seem to focus on any topic and goes on spewing trash that comes out of "Blue Forever Mission". Are you a Parrot or what?
Surely you are drowning into the "Deep Blue Sea" 😉
First detain, contain or quarantine corrupt members of HRCM,JSC,Majlis,PG & corrupt "Judges", along with their stanchest hypocrite supporters. And they need to understand they aren't going to win this GAME.
Their dirty games are slowly being surfacing to the public and it's all Almighty God's will and in no time they are all going to face the consequences.
In Almighty GOD we trust. May Almighty GOD defeat the enemies of peace and justice and grant us victory.
Allah Knows Best.
All the more reason why we need to totally overhaul and reform the justice system in the Maldives. There are more than two dozen murderers out on the loose because of the failure of the judiciary.
Have repeatedly said, and will say again, generalisations are no good wherever they may be applied. I would certainly agree there are corrupt elements in practically all institutions, but not everyone is, and it is a gross injustice to label an entire group as corrupt. It also detracts from the seriousness of the issue and the importance of fighting corruption, and the real crooks usually find a way to slip through the rhetoric.
I believe we are seeing the manifestations of the ills this society has borne for a very long time, compounded by several stress factors including politics and overcrowding. Getting the various relevant bits of legislation in place would probably help both the police and the judiciary with their work. I hope there will also be a robust monitoring and disciplinary action process put in place for the entire judiciary in the future, which will ensure that judges do in fact strive to dispense true justice.
every child is born with no criminal thoughts in their mind...y the child end up behind bars???? we dont need a rocket scientist to answer that?? bad parenting...the accountable groups of people guilty are as follows
1)satanic historians who changed the historical information according to their taste and greed to get benefit from future
2)satanic power greedy criminal minded followers who manipulate the minds of others for their own gain by bribing and other different means
3)bankers
4)governments
5)oil owners
5)businessman
6)business middle man
7)spy people
8)gangs
9)parents
10)the criminal behind the bar we are talking about hehehhe 🙂
conclusion:the very first contact for the criminal behind bar is parents as u can see above...no 9 as parents and 10 as criminal or in other words newborn child with no criminal thoughts hehe...since parents are the first contact they should make sure they nurture their precious god given gift baby with care and consideration so that the baby will be safe from no 8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 if so there is 99.99% chance the baby will not be a criminal...imagine a society or a world with 99.99% criminal free....this is the future we hope for.....global government center on facebook
I can't help saying I told you so (only yesterday). As expected the Courts have released the suspects without batting an eye lid.
This is what Yaameen promised just after the Parliamentary elections. He promised to ransom the government by any means possible and these are coordinated attacks following a prescribed path.
A multi-pronged attack against the government. First, block all the legislative processes the government requires to function, ensure the judges will turn a blind eye and create fear and intimidation in the hearts of the population.
All part of a well orchestrated plan. I cannot still believe that a thief and daylight robber of public coffers is 'negotiating' with the government. Two solutions: people taking power to their own hands or a military coup.
I understand the Criminal Court or any court, for that matter, needs something called EVIDENCE before they can order anyone to be detained. But, when police have forehand information of crime that would be conducted by people accused to have been involved in a murder and with previous police records, why the court didn’t find it enough reason to extend their detention is beyond what I can understand.
From what we have been hearing, the courts are run by many corrupt judges. I have no reason to believe the judges are corrupt, but now, I am beginning to think may be Velezinee is right.
What a pathetic state of affairs!
I feel extremely sad that a young boy died unnecessarily. It is unfair for his family and everyone else too if the murderer cannot be punished. And worst of all, it is scary to know that Male’ has murderers walking freely on our streets – and there are 21 of them even now.
All I know is that something needs to be urgently done about this!
Dear Mr Ahmed Nazeer,
The boy was in IGMH for 12 hours as per YOUR previous article on this website. Why was he treated only for 8 hours? (This article says he was treated for 8 hours.)
Thank you for being observant. Our understanding is that the victim spent eight hours in the ICU, as stated in the previous article (third par). - Minivan News
There is a family grieving for the loss of this life. The body is barely cold and the judges have released his could be killers. I think the tipping point has arrived for us as a people to recognise the reality that the judiciary is actively working against the people of this country. We can see how they have been very carefully creating the conditions for rage against the judges and civil unrest for which ofcourse they will then blame the MDP or better still President Nasheed for “failing to manage the security of the nation and the safety of the judges blah blah blah…” .
Where is the UN the Comonwealth the EU as the judiciary of our fledgeling democracy falls victim to the thugs and the fat cats who looted our nation?
I would swear my head off about now if I thought you would publish such profanities. Thankfully you do not, or I would allow my frustration to carry me away. I am holding my sadness, my anger back, but I am being torn apart by all this killing of young children.
I am frightened of what stupidity I might do if I were to vent my sorrow and anger.
I am feeling, when it comes to the sanctity of life, the police just have to do whatever has to be done to stop the violence. If they had guts, they would just act regardless of the judges, the idiotic human rights commission etc...
This piece of reporting, I feel, seems constructed to incite populist sentiments against the judiciary. While, anecdotally speaking, we all know that the judiciary is corrupt, the importance of following due process must be stressed to all stakeholders in state institutions in this country's transition towards a liberal democracy.
We (GoM in General, all line Ministries and MPS) must be constrained by rules and regulations. Have we all forgotten, in our revolutionary fervor, a little word called "impunity". In order to secure loosely articulated goals in the "national interest" shall we follow the example of Sri Lanka and allow our president to become all-powerful.
I do not wish to make judgements about Mohamed Nasheed's intentions whether good or bad. If we wish to become a liberal democracy none of us should ponder on such subjective factors. But is our president, our parliament and our judiciary acting within the rules and regulations which should guide them? (Dr. Shaheed has written on the Open Society's blog the lack of legal instruments to contain the vast powers of the President's office in particular). How can we, the public (the technocrats, academics, business individuals and civil society) lobby/pressure those who hold the key offices of government to ensure the necessary respect for rule of law in this country.
Without a respect for written rules and regulations we tend to speak of intangible virtues in officeholders. Thereby we allow ourselves to become duped by those who are cleverer than us by their ability to pretend and deceive. But when well thought out legal and regulatory frameworks are enforced, the violation of rules and regulations will be more obvious and will not leave much room for debate.
Dear Minivan News,
Please refer to your reply to my second comment on this article.
I am surprised that you will repeat your mistake despite being pointed out to you.
Your article on 1st of August, titled "17 year old bleeds to death after gang-linked triple stabbing" says on para 7 "All three victims were taken to IGMH around 6pm."
The same article says "he [the boy who was stabbed] died the following morning at 6:15am."
That to me means the boy was at IGMH for 12 hours.
This article says he was treated for 8 hours.
It makes no sense to believe that a boy with fatal injuries was in a hospital for 12 hours but was treated only for 8 hours. So I presumed it was a mistake on Mr Ahmed Nazeer's part either to report that he was treated for 8 hours or to report that they went to the hospital at around 6 pm.
To see the same mistake being repeated especially after I pointed it out, is what I do not understand.
My apologies and kind regards,
Robin
no matter what police want the courts to do, the courts can only act within the legal framework. if there is no legal basis to detain them then the courts have to let them go, whether they want to or not. there has to be evidence that warrants action from the court.this article is one sided. even the police r political now.friggin revolution?
During Abdulla Yamin's Detention the Country was peaceful... Why sacrifice a Nation for just one person.. Think Again
The current judges are brain washed and trained by former Atoll Minister and Speaker Abdulla Hamid. They have been totally automated and programmed to the will and wishes of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom , his children and Maumoon ge Bangali Soru the super lawer.
Believe me this is the truth. Ask Afrashim be. There is no God But God and Prophet Mohamed ( PBUH) is the messenger of God and Maumoon is our leader. Ooooooo Afrashimbe will be so happy
Hamza, I wonder what you would write if that were your child. What you write of so beautifully is well and good. but what is real is NOW and what we have is NOW.
And what we have NOW, Hanmza, is a child dead. And many more wounded. Our children are being slaughtered. As their mothers bury them and weep for their loss, we don't know that we may be weeping for our own children tomorrow. .
How many people have to die for us to wake up to the reality that we may have a new skipper but the crew on this ship has not changed and they are feeding our children to the sharks.
How many more people have to die for the President to acknowledge that Majlis will not move forward with the laws we need to keep law and order in the country?
We cannot go on like this. Enough is enough.
@hamza on Tue, 3rd Aug 2010 8:31 AM
Says: "This piece of reporting, I feel, seems constructed to incite populist sentiments against the judiciary. While, anecdotally speaking, we all know that the judiciary is corrupt, the importance of following due process must be stressed to all stakeholders in state institutions in this country’s transition towards a liberal democracy."
* Translate that to a straight forward (simple English) way, and it means: Let the corrupt and cunning elements do the damage they are capable of (like they did in past), and let the law abiding ,decent and honest people be trapped solving this through a system while the whole Constitution & Laws are being hijacked by the crooks."
[refer to your last paragraph and you will agree with this]
Sorry to blow the whistle here, but that's a "smart" way to "seed" such dangerous idea's into people's mind but you are very wrong there. At a glance it sounds pleasant. I don't think it is ethical to induce wrong ideas into people's mind without their knowledge. It's a very hypnotic approach.
Btw.. it's not just the populist sentiments against the judiciary. It's the evidence that we have experienced and lived through for a life time. Even you agreed with it but again in a very "smart" way by saying "anecdotally".
Says:"We (GoM in General, all line Ministries and MPS) must be constrained by rules and regulations."
NO! WE DON'T NEED TO GET RESTRAINED or RESTRICTED IN UPROOTING ANY EVILS OF THE SOCIETY WHILE ALLOWING THEM TO TAKE AS A SHIELD,THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS FOR THEIR EVIL & CUNNING WAY OF LIFE.
Says:"Have we all forgotten, in our revolutionary fervor, a little word called “impunity”."
AGAIN NO! IT IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO VOICE OUR DISTRUST, DISGUST AND RENOUNCE THE WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BY THE "ALL STAR EVIL COMPONENTS" OF THE SOCIETY. STILL THE PASSIONATE FEELINGS MUST GO ON AND IT HAS TO REMAIN LIKE THAT FOREVER.THERE SHALL NOT BE ANY IMPUNITY AS YOU ARE TRYING TO JUSTIFY TO THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO DESTROY THE PEACEFUL NATURE AND SECURITY OF THIS SOCIETY.
Says:"In order to secure loosely articulated goals in the “national interest” shall we follow the example of Sri Lanka and allow our president to become all-powerful."
YES & A NO for that. But for now it would be better that Mr.President do all that is needed to secure this nation from drowning into the darkness of evil.It's his job and responsibility under divine law of our Creator and power vested to him by the Constitution of Maldives. Inaction would be a failure. And I trust this President as a capable and honest person who took enough punches for the sake of people. He might not have done it the most perfect way but it was a blessing for people that he was given courage by the will of Almighty GOD.
Says:"I do not wish to make judgements about Mohamed Nasheed’s intentions whether good or bad."
YOU just made a judgement there 😉 figure it out for yourself.
Says:"If we wish to become a liberal democracy none of us should ponder on such subjective factors."
Wishful thinking? that's too bad for a guy like you. No we don't have to wish but we have to understand what we want. What is a "liberal democracy" first? It's nothing in reality practiced anywhere on this earth. It's a theoretical myth.
Says:"But is our president, our parliament and our judiciary acting within the rules and regulations which should guide them? (Dr. Shaheed has written on the Open Society’s blog the lack of legal instruments to contain the vast powers of the President’s office in particular). How can we, the public (the technocrats, academics, business individuals and civil society) lobby/pressure those who hold the key offices of government to ensure the necessary respect for rule of law in this country."
Simple:You don't have to be too pessimistic if your ideas are laid on a "concrete foundation". Let the honest arms of Government do it's job or Next election(without following own desires), sack them all if they perform badly. AND put your trust in Almighty GOD first.
Says:"Without a respect for written rules and regulations we tend to speak of intangible virtues in officeholders."
WITHOUT the "intangible" virtues the written law's are nothing but some pieces of puzzles (In fact see your last paragraph to understand what I have written.)First we have to understand human nature and science of our behavior.If you want to understand more, I kindly advice you to read and try to understand the simple but complex guidance given to us humans in the Glorious Quran.
Your Last Paragraph:"Thereby we allow ourselves to become duped by those who are cleverer than us by their ability to pretend and deceive. But when well thought out legal and regulatory frameworks are enforced, the violation of rules and regulations will be more obvious and will not leave much room for debate."
YOU are nullifying all your previous view points here.
Therefore the whole thing could have been said in a much easier way here. "Don't let the the evil flourish under our watch" simple isn't it?
BTW sorry if I've hurt your feelings. That is not my intention but just to bring to your attention and to all others that there are views in it that aren't logical, practical and rational and some may get confused with such view points.
We can take talking points and elaborate it in anyway we like and yet come to same basic principles that need to be implemented. AND that is as Hamza had dubbed "intangible virtues".Those are in simple English : Honesty, Sincerity, Justice.
IN SHORT: “There’s no point of any “law” if there isn’t honesty, sincerity ,self restraint, self discipline as a widely accepted and practiced way of life”
Still a shorter way to say that is: “Implement Islamic Principles.The way of life perfected by Almighty GOD.”
THAT itself will take time and needs some strong commitment to remind people of their real purpose of life here.
In Almighty GOD we trust
btw most Maldivians once enjoined those virtues and slowly but surly it had worn out within last couple of decades.
Our Islamic fabric was torn apart in the conquest of extensive and rapid progress while following the footsteps of the devils.
Spirituality, faith and with that sincerity and honesty of the people had eroded too badly.
btw most Maldivians once enjoined those virtues and slowly but surely it had worn out within last couple of decades.
Our Islamic fabric was torn apart in the conquest of extensive and rapid progress while following the footsteps of the devils.
Spirituality, faith and with that sincerity and honesty of the people had eroded too badly.
Can someone please post these judges house numbers and mobile numbers so the public can kindly call and tell the families of these judges to fear the punishment of Allah (swt) and to tell the Judges (if they ever answer the phone) about how they have blood on their hands for releasing actual killers of innocent people on the street.
If anyone does have their numbers, pls let me know as I would be one that will constantly call them to Inshallah tell the the extremely painful punishment they will face from Allah (swt). Maybe quote them a few hadiths till they get guided.
Ofcourse these Judges actually belong in prison, but since corrupted Parliament does not want to help the victims of these attacks, we as people cannot do much. Nevertheless, the family of the victim has the right to demand justice from the Judge and hold the Judge personally accountable under Islam.
Islamic Ministry has really been silent like a camel on these issues. They should publicly condemn these Judges as not worthy of holding the status of Judges.
During the Sahabah (Omar Bin' Al Khattab) time, these Judges would have been punished severely for the misuse of power. He would have let the family of the victim take justice against the Judge for releasing the criminals behind the murder.
So where are all your knowledge of Islam? Remember Scholars who know a lot, but does not do much can be a Fitnah to society. Fear Allah (swt) because the positions and status we all have today was given to us by Him and our status in society, friends, family or wealth will be left behind when we leave this world. The only things that will save us is your righteous deeds. And every person is tested according to his ability for Allah (swt) never tests someone with something more then they can handle.
@shafeea: This is truly an emotional issue and emotion is a vital element of activism. My humble suggestions were exclusively meant for the makers of policy and law. While I do not believe that we will ever be able to prevent the violation of the spirit of laws, rules and regulations by those who manage to manuever within the bounds of the same, it is my personal belief and innovative solutions have been put forward for deeper conundrums.
@bismuth: I respect your views and I did not mean to propagandize. We all have our personal biases and as someone who aspires to be tolerant and open-minded, I feel that there is more than a kernel of truth in what you say. However I stand firm in my belief that objective criteria should guide legal, political, social and economic activities rather than allow them to be measured completely by one's own beliefs. Virtues such as honesty, integrity and sincerity are beautiful concepts but hard to weigh on scales. All we have to depend on are the emotions evoked in us by those we judge.
I never meant to suggest that we should remain trapped by legal instruments which obstruct us in our path towards development - although I do accept that what I said may appear to suggest so (once again returning to my argument about appearances and perceptions leading to inaccuracy). I believe that such constructs are inherently doomed to failure if it does not serve the needs of the people it should cater for.
I feel I have indulged my vanity too far by making a discussion out of my own post so I'll cut this short. Please forgive my embarrassment.
if only Dr. Hassan Saeed could tell this to the law society of uk...