Commissioner of Police Abdulla Riyaz has claimed that the murder of Ungoofaaru MP Dr Afrasheem Ali was a well planned murder motivated by politics and worth MVR 4 million (US$260,000).
Police Commissioner Hussain Waheed tweeted that the street value of the drugs discovered during the operation would reach over MVR 10 million (US$648,000).
India “prepared to take all necessary measures to ensure the safety and security of its interests and its nationals in the Maldives”, as GMR slams “irrational” decision to void contract.
Police have busted a local drug network and arrested five Maldivians and four Indians while they were in possession of nine kilograms of illegal substances.
While a US$25 million loan agreement with India still stands, a diplomatic source has claimed perceived anti-India sentiments from senior figures in the Maldives government would be taken into account when considering future financial support.
In addition to being owed MVR 168.4 million in unpaid expatriate work permit fees for the past three years and MVR 191 million in repayments for student loans, the Human Resources, Youth and Sports Ministry spent MVR 1.3 million for a cancelled beach and water sports tournament in 2011.
“Greenpeace has come to the Indian Ocean in order to learn about fishing activities in the region, and to talk to communities, governments, officials and the tuna fishing industry, with the intention of working together to combat overfishing and to stop destructive and illegal fishing,” the international organisation stated.
The Auditor General’s Office has accused senior government officials of negligence in the alleged embezzlement of MVR 24 million (US$1.6 million) through the Disaster Management Center (DMC) in 2009 and 2010.
Unlike previous years, the fuel subsidies is to be issued based on fuel consumption or engine horsepower (hp) instead of the size of the fishing vessel and would be deposited directly to the boat owner’s bank account after the fuel bill is provided to the fisheries ministry.