PG press charges against eight officers over manhandling suspect: MPS

Maldives Police Service on Wednesday announced the Prosecutor General (PG) Office's decision to charge eight officers implicated over a Drug Enforcement Department (DED) operation conducted in July 2019, in which the officers in question "manhandled" and tortured an expatriate suspect.

A Police Spokesperson revealed that the institution had requested the PG office to press charges against 11 officers for their involvement in the case, but that the PG Office had decided to charge only eight of the officers. The case was forwarded to the PG on August 31, 2019.