Former President Abdulla Yameen said leaders of President Muizzu's PNC are 'trembling' over a seven-minute documentary by Adhadhu news that shows an MP leaving Muizzu's residence with a bulky bag and taking it to the PNC office. Yameen, speaking at a PNF rally on Thursday, questioned the state's warning against the newspaper and defended freedom of expression.
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The seven-minute Dhivehi-language documentary short shows Member of Parliament (MP) for Dhuvaafaru, Mohamed Ali, along with another unnamed person, entering President Muizzu’s private residence on Sunday evening, then exiting with a bulky black bag and transporting it, via motorcycle, to the PNC office
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The state had a strong warning when Adhadhu newspaper started addressing these things. This has become an administration of warnings [threats]
If there is no basis for those stories, why should you tremble
There’s some truth in it that makes you quake so much. Otherwise, why would you worry about it?
But if action is taken against every active newspaper which does this [their job], it tells a million stories.
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The President’s Office, when the documentary went viral, threatened to take action against them, the paper said.
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