MP Proposes Parliamentary Inquiry Into Young Woman’s Fall Amid Protests and Claims of Police Bias

Male’ — MP Ahmed Azaan has proposed an inquiry by the Security Services (241) Committee of the Majlis into the troubling fall of a 21-year-old woman from the ninth floor of a building in Henveiru ward, Male’, an incident that has sparked protests, allegations of police misconduct, and demands for transparency. Found critically injured on the roof of an adjacent warehouse in the wee hours of last Friday, the woman remains in intensive care, as public anger grows over the police’s handling of the investigation. Hithadoo Central MP Ahmed Azaan moved the committee to investigate, citing discrepancies in the police’s … Continue reading MP Proposes Parliamentary Inquiry Into Young Woman’s Fall Amid Protests and Claims of Police Bias