Family Requesting for Release of Body to be buried in Sri Lanka:

Colombo - (Scene-34- 26 April) – Former Attorney General Dr. Munawwar, a close family friend and spokesmen for the late Hussain Solah’s family paid a visit to Maldivian High commission this morning. Dr. Munawwar conveyed the request by the family to let the family of late Solah, have his body to be buried in Sri Lanka. Family reports the Government of Maldives insisted that body could be released on the condition that it, be buried directly by the Government of Maldives in Sri Lanka. But the family wishes to have a second opinion to verify the conflicting medical opinions expressed, one that by IGM Hospital of Maldives and secondly that by JMO of Sri Lanka.Family express their deep concern of the unlawful handling of the procedures by the Government of Maldives in this case. Hussain Solah was taken in to Police custody in Maldives on 9th of April 2007, and was found dead in Male south harbour on 15th April 2007. There is no evidence that Hussain Solah was released from Police custody. Police promised that they have the CCTV footages of Solah release, which up until today Police have failed to produce. There is evidence that Police failed to follow the procedures of identification of a dead body and hide evidence by washing the cloths of corpse using detergent.