A day after the Maldivian high court said it will look into the legitimacy of lower court bench trying former President Mohamed Nasheed, Hulhumale Magistrate Court on Tuesday suspended all trials pertaining to the arrest and subsequent detention of chief criminal judge.
The temporary injunction was granted after Nasheed's counsel challenged the legitimacy of the bench, asking the high court to declare the composition of the Hulhumale court bench unlawful.
The political transition in Maldives shows all signs of remaining highly charged till the elections scheduled for September 7. Former president Mohamed Nasheed was produced in a Maldives court on Wednesday, ten days after he emerged from an 11-day long stay in the Indian high commission where he had sought refuge from arrest warrant issued by a local court.
Police spokesman Hassan Haneef confirmed that the former president has been arrested after the Hulhumale magistrate court ordered the police to produce him before it. He was arrested from the residence of former housing minister Mohamed Aslam, who is a native of that island
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