Tag: Noonu Landhoo

Landhoo women hijack island council over non-payment of dues

Women from the island of Landhoo in Noonu Atoll have hijacked the island council office in protest of non-payment of dues owed for sweeping and cleaning the island.

Sun Online reports that about 50 women entered the administrative office and locked it at about 3:30pm today.

Landhoo Council Chair Mohamed Fayaz said that the disgruntled women appeared unlikely to leave the office.

The women claim that the council office owed them Rf19,000 (US$1,479) per month for the past six months. The decision to lock the council office was made after the national administrative office failed to come up with the money after promising to make the funds available within a week.

Councillor Fayaz meanwhile said that the women had informed him that they would only leave once the administrative office gave them assurances and “a guaranteed date for payment.”

In a similar incident, women from the island of Isdhoo-Kalhaidhoo in Laamu Atoll had protested the non-payment of dues last week.

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Police investigating two sex crimes cases in Noonu Landhoo

Police have begun investigating allegations of a young man sexually assaulting his aunt and an elderly man abusing an under-age girl, both in Noonu Landhoo.

Sun Online reports that the male suspect in the child abuse case was above 65 years of age while the victim was only 10 years-old.

Local daily Haveeru however reports the girl as aged 11 and mentally unstable. Moreover, the newspaper claims that three witnesses saw the abuse late afternoon yesterday.

Landhoo Councillor Mohamed Fayaz told Haveeru that the suspect had left the island by ferry before police arrived in Landhoo today.

An islander from Landhoo meanwhile told Sun Online that the suspect had previously attempted to pay an under-age girl in exchange for sexual favours and had reportedly fled to nearby Mandhoo.

In the other case, a 16 year-old boy has been accused of attempting to sexually assault his aunt today while her husband was attending dawn prayers.

According to the councillor, the boy fled the scene when his approximately 50 year-old aunt woke up to his touching and started screaming.

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