'Rilwan case suspect left for Syria with Yameen's aid'

3 months ago

Mohamed Munaz, Th. Omadhoo, - one of the suspects in the 2014 abduction and murder of a journalist – travelled out of Maldives with assistance from then-President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, according to the Disappearances and Deaths Commission (DDCom). Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla, 28, a journalist who worked for Minivan News (later renamed Maldives Independent), was last seen on August 8, 2014.