Ghassan Maumoon, son of Gayoom the
long time serving former Dictator/President and current interim
President of Progressive Party Maldives (PPM), was detained early
this morning by the Maldivian Police Service after he was summoned to
the Police Headquarters 'for further questioning', concerning the
disturbance that took place around his residence on Thursday.
The mob that gathered around the former
Presidents residence were mostly seen as Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP),
senior figure heads and activists.
What began as an MDP nationwide
protest against the Judiciary, which ironically "coincided"
with the verdict delivery scheduled in a case filed against their MP
Mohamed Musthafaa, requesting his candidacy be invalidated, took a
different turn when the mob headed towards the residence of the
Former President, Alivaage and Enderimaage. Protest turned from a
“Free Judiciary” campaign to a “Bring Gayoom to Justice”
protest. Protesters were seen to have verbally harass Gayoom, disrupt
peace, damaged property and "terrorize" the neighborhood.
