The Progressive Party of Maldives
led by former President Gayoom said they were preparing to fight a legal battle
to free the two men accused of toppling the Pakistani monument put up for the
SAARC summit.
PPM council member Mohamed Waheed
Ibrahim told journalists today that the police illegally arrested the accused
individuals.
Most people believed the
Pakistani and Sri Lankan monuments put up for the SAARC heads of state meeting
in Addu City were statues or idols which was something unlawful to display on
lands inhabited by Muslims.
Increasing public anger made the
city council in Addu to temporarily remove the monument, but after it was
placed again people began to advise the authorities to remove them permanently,
as the law 6/94 and the current Religious Unity Regulations never permit such
things.
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Written by: Ibrahim Nazim
13 November 2011, Sunday
17 Thw al-Hijjah 1432
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