"The documentary, titled Aisha, featured an anonymized interview with a woman who claimed she had had a sexual relationship with Muizzu. The woman, a 22-year-old single mother, said the affair took place last year, shortly after she joined the President's Office as an administrator."
"Minister of Homeland Security Ali Ihusaan stated that police were right to investigate and raid the news outlet over false adultery allegations against the President, emphasizing that press freedom is guaranteed but should not be a free pass to destroy reputations with lies."
"The raid on Adhadhu aligned with the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party comes amid mounting concerns over press freedom in the Maldives, a Sunni Muslim island nation whose luxury resorts draw tourists from around the world."
Maldives police raided the offices of Adhadhu Online, seizing computers and imposing travel bans on its editors after the outlet published a documentary alleging an affair between President Mohamed Muizzu and a former aide. The government defended the operation as a lawful response to what Muizzu termed baseless lies. The documentary featured an anonymized interview with a woman claiming to have had a relationship with Muizzu, coinciding with a constitutional referendum that saw 69 percent of voters reject a government proposal.
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