Former RaajjeTV reporter Abdulla Naseer Ibrahim has been arrested for engaging in homosexual acts.
Naseer, 28, was arrested by police on Friday.
His arrest comes after a video allegedly showing him performing oral sex on another man leaked last June. The video was one of many leaked online – which has been linked by police to a blackmail ring.
While the police did not identify him by name, a police spokesperson confirmed authorities arrested a 28-year-old Maldivian male in connection to the case on Friday.
Other suspects arrested in connection to leaked sex videos include Ahmed Nazim Abdul Sattar, 46, a prominent lawyer and younger brother of Parliament speaker, former president Mohamed Nasheed, former Nolhivaram MP Mohamed Nasheed (Colonel Nasheed), 45, and Abdul Rahman Rafeeu, 35, a police officer working for the Drug Enforcement Department (DED).
Nazim, Colonel and Rafeeu were on videos allegedly showing them having sex with MD Alamgiri, a Bangladeshi sex worker. Alamgiri was arrested by police on July 12.