Policemen arrest former Maldives president and opposition leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (centre) after the government declared a 15-day state of emergency in Male, Maldives, early Tuesday. (AP photo)MALE, Maldives: The Maldives opposition leader and two Supreme Court judges were arrested early Tuesday hours after the government declared an emergency in the Indian Ocean nation that has been increasingly in turmoil in the days since the court ordered several jailed politicians to be freed. Soon after the declaration, security forces stormed into the Supreme Court building, where Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and judge Ali Hamid were arrested. Nasheed was one of the opposition leaders the Supreme Court had ordered freed, ruling that the guilty verdicts had been politically influenced. Nasheed said last week after the court ruling that he would mount a fresh challenge for the presidency this year.

Source: Bangkok Post February 06, 2018 06:04 UTC