Maldives president declares war on SC, court seeks India's help

NEW DELHI: The Maldives was teetering on the brink of military rule on Sunday with the Abdulla Yameen government looking to stifle the country's supreme court.

Highly placed sources in the Maldivian apex court, even as they beseeched India and other democratic countries for help , told that Yameen was looking to sack SC judges, including chief justice Abdulla Saeed, by filing false cases against them.

"The chief of judicial administration, Hasan Saeed, had his home raided on bribery charges and



judges are being intimidated. We need India to take tough measures to ensure that rule of law is implemented in the Maldives," a top source in the SC said.

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was closely involved with the SC ruling which ordered the release of all political prisoners , including Mohammed Nasheed, the country's first democratically elected president. The Indian mission in Male, according to sources in New Delhi, was in touch with "all relevant agencies" involved in the crisis.