Mihaaru article claimant’s MDP membership document invalid: MDP deputy

Former Vice President of Local Government Authority, Shujau Hussain, does not have any valid documents attesting him a member of main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), declared the party’s deputy, Mohamed Shifaz, after being questioned by police over a case filed by the former.

Police had summoned Shifaz late Wednesday over the case filed by Shujau in connection to an article published in Mihaaru newspaper on September 20. Shujau had accused the article’s reference to him as an “MDA (Maldives Development Alliance) member”, cited from Shifaz, was defamatory. Police had subsequently summoned Mihaaru’s journalist Fazeena Ahmed earlier to take her statement, now followed by Shifaz.