Police calls Amnesty International to be more responsible

Maldives Police Service has called the Amnesty International to be more responsible when reporting news about the Police.

In view of the report of the Amnesty International based on the allegations of three women who were detained on March 19 who accused the Police of sexually harassing them while in detention, Deputy Head Sub Inspector of Police Custodial Department Dr. Hassan Umar said that they have reviewed the names of the people who were arrested on March 19 and found that the three people mentioned in the reports were among those detained on that date but they never raised such an issue on that day.

Dr. Hassan said that there were many positive issues noted regarding the Dhoonidhoo detainment procedure on that day. He assured that no detainee was taken to solitary confinement and harassed either sexually or physically.

In yesterday’s news conference, Custodial Department’s Head Chief Inspector of Police Hussein Rasheed said that the Amnesty’s report was based on the accusations of the three detainees. He informed that the Police are now currently investigating these accusations.

He said that those arrested were detained following the procedures of detainment and the Police acted professionally. He said that this is clear and that the Police did not use violence on those detained.

Hussein said that the report of the Amnesty was compiled very irresponsibly. He said that it is suspected that the accusations were made to achieve a political motive.