Maldives police also arrested Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and another Supreme Court judge on Tuesday, dramatically escalating the legal battle with the archipelago’s top court. Police said in a Twitter message they had arrested Saeed and Supreme Court Judge Ali Hameed “for an ongoing investigation”. “I just spoke to the Chief Justice and he told me that the gates of the Supreme Court (are) being stormed by the military. “The emergency means the Supreme Court activities are suspended and nobody is in charge of the judiciary,” he said. A court official later confirmed that state security forces had broken into the building and were not allowing its judges to leave.

Source: Sunday Times February 06, 2018 00:56 UTC