Maldives police raid news outlet over report alleging president’s affair
Key takeaways
- Police seize computers, impose travel bans on Adhadhu editors over documentary alleging an affair between President Muizzu and a former aide.
- The government on Tuesday defended the operation against Adhadhu Online as a lawful response to what Muizzu has described as “baseless lies”.
- Police were “right to investigate and raid the news outlet over false [adultery] allegations against the President,” Minister of Homeland Security Ali Ihusaan said in a post on X.
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Police seize computers, impose travel bans on Adhadhu editors over documentary alleging an affair between President Muizzu and a former aide.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has rejected the allegations as 'baseless lies' and called for action against Adhadhu [President's Office/Handout]By Ahmed Naish Published On 28 Apr 202628 Apr 2026Male, Maldives – Police in the Maldives have raided the offices of a critical news outlet and barred its editors from leaving the country after it published a documentary alleging an affair between President Mohamed Muizzu and a former aide.
The government on Tuesday defended the operation against Adhadhu Online as a lawful response to what Muizzu has described as “baseless lies”.