Police issue warrant for former Maldives president
China Daily | Updated: 2012-02-10 08:08
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Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed (center) reaches out to a supporter at his residence in the capital island Male on Thursday. A criminal court in the Maldives has issued an arrest order for former president Mohamed Nasheed and his former defense minister, party officials said. Ishara S. Kodikara / Agence France-Presse |
MALE, Maldives - A Maldives court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for former president Mohamed Nasheed, who resigned this week but later insisted he had been ousted by coup plotters in a political dispute that sparked rioting.
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