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Police arrest former JSC member Velezinee

Fathmath Shaahunaz
13 November 2018, MVT 20:01
Former JSC member, Aishath Velezinee.
Fathmath Shaahunaz
13 November 2018, MVT 20:01

Former member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Aishath Velezinee, was arrested late Tuesday.

She was arrested after she returned to Maldives after a long time overseas. Police stated that she was taken into custody under a court order, in connection with an ongoing investigation.

They did not reveal further details.

The police had also summoned Velezinee last year while she was in the Netherlands, though she did not comply with the order to present herself at Police Headquarters within 14 days.

The former JSC member came under fire last year when she posted statements on social media that conflicted with the tenets of Islam. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs had declared Velezinee an apostate in the wake of the controversy.

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