Dunya Maumoon resigns from govt

The daughter of arrested former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Dunya Maumoon, on Tuesday resigned from her government post as state minister at the health ministry.

Dunya had stopped attending work after her father was arrested on the orders of her uncle and incumbent president, Abdulla Yameen, on February 5 soon after the government declared a state of emergency. Maumoon was arrested on accusations of bribery and attempting to stage a coup.