The body of Hussain Salah, 27, was fished out of southwestern harbour of Male' on 15 April 2007. Salah was under police custody shortly before the discovery of his body. Salah's dead body had visible cuts and bruises. After a public outcry, the government took the body to Colombo for an autopsy. However, the family of Salah had doubts about the findings of this autopsy which was conducted under dubious circumstances. They demanded a second opinion or another autopsy. However, the body was never handed back to the family and was brought back to Maldives and buried without approval from the family. Hussain Salah's death was carefully covered up. Who covered up Salah's death? Maldives Foreign Minister Dr Ahmed Shaheed was in charge of covering up the death of Salah. He disclosed the preliminary results of the autopsy report to the media before the family found out the results. This was despite clear instructions by Sri Lankan authorities that the report should be opened in the presence of the deceased's family.
The ghost of Hussain Salah will haunt Dr Shaheed forever. Read the media reports about Salah's death if you are an undecided voter and think that Dr Shaheed will be a good leader, a great decision maker and an excellent Vice President. Read about the dirty tricks of the Gayoom government to cover up this messy incident of torture, before you decide that Dr Hassan Saeed -- who was the Attorney General at the time of Salah's death -- is a clean politician and will be a fine President.
What Happened To Hussein Salah?
MDP Calls For Investigations As Battered Chairman Recovers
Political Tug Of War Over Corpse
Hussein Salah’s Life
Family Reject Post-Mortem On Police Terms
“No Autopsy In Maldives” Says Shaheed
International Chorus Of Concern Over Body Row
Salah’s Cousin Has Course Suspended Because Of Interview
Row Over Salah Post-Mortem Results
Post-Mortem Complete, Salah’s Body Prepared For Return
Salah: Government “Vindicated” As Family Cry Foul
Post-Mortem “Contradictory And Inexplicable,” Says Family
Salah’s Family Call For Sri Lankan Burial
Salah Body Still In Colombo
Salah’s Body Returned For Burial
Three Journalists Arrested As Salah Buried
MDP Continues To Question Salah Post-Mortem Results
Dhivehi Observer reports on Salah's death
VOTE TO DECIDE - DECIDE TO VOTE (NOT FOR SHAHEED & SAEED, THE DOCTORS OF DEATH)
6 comments:
and not to Anni or Maumoon either.
"who was the Attorney General at the time of Salah's death -- is a clean politician and will be a fine President."
theres no such thing as clean politics or clean politicians... when they face the job they know dirt and scars that can ruin your family comes with the job prescription...
Who was the president at that time?
... anni is not a good leader either. the doctors actually pressed maumoon to bring reforms. MDP (Maldivian Drug Party) lol. MDP leadership is so jealous coz NEW MALDIVES is a group of phD's with a proven recored of reforms!
Oh no. Dont bring monkey Anni coz we will have to find him in a tree! lol
the above comments do not neutralise the role Dr Shaheed played in covering up the murder of Salah. The comments are carefully worked out PR tactics to divert the topic. Hill & Knowlton must have taught Shaheed some good tricks. Who was the president at that time? Gayoom. A brutal dictator. Shaheed and Dr Hassan were supporting him. This is the fact. Anni was there at the cemetery when he was arrested and beaten and taken to Dhoonidhoo the day Salah's body was discovered. This is the fact. Anni was the person who had courage to stand up against torture in 90s when people remained silent in fear.
Former Gayooms henchmen Hassan Saeed And Shaheed are now putting on makeup and posing as reformists.
Really, Maldivians they have a short memory.
I guess its the responsibility of Media to remind the people of these atrocities when they tend to forget so soon.
The Media, Pleas ask these two people, about the brutal murder of Hassan Sallah.
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