Former President, Mohamed Nasheed and the Jumhooree Party Leader,Qasim Ibrahim, who are sentenced to prison has been ordered to appearat the police station for evading their sentences.While a summon order has been sent to two via Twitter, it states thatthey were both allowed to go abroad for medical treatment whileserving their prison sentences. And that the duration of that leavehas expired and they have refused to return to the country.It also said that they are being summoned for statements in relationto evading the sentences.Ex-President Nasheed is ordered to appear at 10 a.m. next Monday andQasim is ordered to appear at 2 p.m.An announcement made by the police along with the summon order sayingthat if they cannot appear at the station due to a legitimate, thepolice needs to be informed in written an hour before the deadline.Failure to appear at the station would result in action under Articles530 and 533 of the Penal Code.Article 530 is in relation to Obstruction of Justice and Article 533is related to obstructing the implementation of the law.
Nasheed and Qasim ordered to appear at the police for evading sentence
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