Maldives issues arrest warrant for Nasheed
The Maldives said yesterday an arrest warrant has been issued for ex-president Mohamed Nasheed for failing to return to the troubled archipelago to complete a jail sentence after receiving medical care in Britain.
Nasheed, the Maldives' first democratically elected president, won political asylum in Britain in May after being granted permission to travel there for treatment while serving the sentence for a terror-related offence.
Opposition sources said Nasheed has been meeting Maldives opposition groups in Sri Lanka in recent days to hatch a plan to topple President Abdulla Yameen.
Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party yesterday played down the chances of his being arrested abroad since he had already secured asylum.
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