Jailbird for President?

From Maldives’ first president being ‘handed over’ to an angry mob that beat him senseless, to its first democratically elected president being ousted in an alleged coup d’état; Maldives definitely has a history of being less than kind to its leaders.

As recently as February 2018, Maldivian journalists wrote an unprecedented headline: Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom – Asia’s longest serving autocrat – arrested by his half-brother and incumbent President Abdulla Yameen. He was later charged with terrorism.