Police issue warrant for former Maldives president
<p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="Maldives">Maldives</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="issued">issued</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="arrest">arrest</span> <span word="warrant">warrant</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="Mohamed">Mohamed</span> <span word="Nasheed">Nasheed</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="resigned">resigned</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="insisted">insisted</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="ousted">ousted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="coup">coup</span> <span word="plotters">plotters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="dispute">dispute</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="sparked">sparked</span> <span word="rioting">rioting</span>.</p><p><span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="Abdul">Abdul</span> <span word="Mannan">Mannan</span> <span word="Yusuf">Yusuf</span> <span word="refused">refused</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="disclose">disclose</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="grounds">grounds</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="criminal">criminal</span> <span word="court">court</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="warrant">warrant</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="Nasheed">Nasheed</span> - <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="Male">Male</span> <span word="home">home</span>, <span word="surrounded">surrounded</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="supporters">supporters</span> - <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="arrested">arrested</span>.</p><p><span word="Later">Later</span>, <span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="Commissioner">Commissioner</span> <span word="Abdullah">Abdullah</span> <span word="Riaz">Riaz</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="clear">clear</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="warrant">warrant</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="constitutional">constitutional</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="declined">declined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="details">details</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="warrant">warrant</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="legality">legality</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="examined">examined</span>.</p><p><span word="Rioters">Rioters</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="rampaged">rampaged</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="streets">streets</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Maldives">Maldives</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="Nasheed">Nasheed</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="return">return</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="attacked">attacked</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="stations">stations</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="remote">remote</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> 1,200-<span word="island">island</span> <span word="archipelago">archipelago</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="coast">coast</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="India">India</span>.</p><p><span word="Nasheed">Nasheed</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="resign">resign</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="successor">successor</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="maintains">maintains</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="voluntarily">voluntarily</span>. <span word="About">About</span> 200 <span word="supporters">supporters</span> <span word="stood">stood</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="umbrellas">umbrellas</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pouring">pouring</span> <span word="rain">rain</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Mohamed">Mohamed</span> <span word="Nasheed">Nasheed</span> <span word="spoke">spoke</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reporters">reporters</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Male">Male</span>, <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="islands">islands</span> <span word="renowned">renowned</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="luxury">luxury</span> <span word="getaway">getaway</span> <span word="resorts">resorts</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="pledged">pledged</span> (<span word="I">I</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span>) <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="jail">jail</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Nasheed">Nasheed</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="relaxed">relaxed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="smiling">smiling</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="beating">beating</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="hope">hope</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="note">note</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="happening">happening</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Maldives">Maldives</span>."</p>
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