Court admits confusion in agency responsible for flogging, discussing handover to another agency: Court

Criminal Court yesterday admitted that its earlier comments claiming that flogging is not a responsibility of the court was a mistake, and that discussions are now underway to handover the implementation of flogging sentences to another agency.

The court's original comments came after Prosecutor General Hussain Shameem told the parliament that it has been some time since the Criminal Court executed verdicts where convicts were ordered to be flogged, due to not having an employee dedicated for the job. Shameem's comment was in response to MP of central Hithadhoo constituency and Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) member Ibrahim Nazil who clarified how the court would implement flogging when a vacancy had been announced for an employee who would execute the punishment.