MALDIVES PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATION PLOT SUSPECTS NAB BY MALAYSIAN POLICE
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Federal police arrested a Maldivian diplomat
on Wednesday in connection with the attempted assassination of Maldives president
Abdulla Yameen last month.
The 47-year-old Investment Counselor was nabbed by a team of
Special Branch's Counter-Terrorism Division (SB-CTD) operatives at a
condominium here.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said
the man was suspected to be involved with the assassination plot, involving a
bomb which was set off onboard a speedboat carrying Yameen near Male on Sept
28.
"On Oct 28, SB-CTD launched a special operation in
Kuala Lumpur and arrested a foreigner who is suspected to be involved in a plot
to assassinate the president of Maldives on Sept 28.
- "The suspect is a 47-year-old Maldivian man, who is also the country's Investment Counselor.
- "He was arrested in a condominium together with four other Maldivians - two men and two women, aged between 28 and 38," he said in a statement received from federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman earlier today.
- Khalid said the suspects were arrested under the Immigration Act, and had been deported to Maldives earlier today for further action by the country's authorities.
- He said the special operation's success was the result of close cooperation between SB-CTD and Maldives authorities.
In the attack, Yameen was unhurt, while his wife and two
aides sustained minor injuries from the blast.
On Oct 6, Reuters reported Minister in the President's
Office Mohamed Hussain Shareef saying that the explosion was an assassination
attempt.
Investigations into the incident resulted in Maldivian
vice-president Ahmed Adheeb’s arrest on Oct 24.
On the same day, Maldivian Home Minister Umar Naseer tweeted
that Adheeb was arrested under the charge of high treason.
Source: New Straits Times
MALDIVES VICE PRESIDENT ARRESTED OVER PLOT TO ASSASSINATE THE PRESIDENT
MALE, Maldives - The vice-president of the Maldives has been arrested
in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate the president, say police and
officials.
Ahmed Adeeb(photo) was in detention and being charged with high
treason, Home Minister Umar Naseer said on Twitter.
President Abdulla Yameen(photo) narrowly escaped injury when a
blast struck the boat he was using to return home from the airport late last
month.
In recent years, the Maldives has been rocked by political
infighting.
Mr Yameen's election has been the subject of drawn-out
wrangling.
Security has been tightened in the capital Male amid fears
of "turmoil" triggered by the arrest, says the Maldivian newspaper
Haveeru.
Three others were also arrested on Saturday - including a
former member of Adeeb's security detail and a member of the army's bomb squad,
Associated Press news agency reported.
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