Twist in the Story Once again: Government of Maldives Decides not to hand over the body of Solah to his family in Sri Lanka;

Colombo - (Scene-35- 27 April) – Another unprecedented turn of events took place in the murder case of Hussain Solah this morning. When family of Solah visited to the mortuary where the body was resting to be handed over to family for burial, they came to know that the body had been transported to the Colombo Airport to be taken back to Maldives. Family reports that they as the legal entity entitle to authorize any such transfers had not been informed.
Speaking from Colombo, Solah’s brother reported that this kidnapping of Solah’s body by the Government of Maldives clearly proves that they have something to hide. He further said that its not yet 24 hours passed since the family friend and spokesmen Dr. Munawwar indicated that family wishes to sought a second medical opinion from Sri Lanka before the burial once the body is handed over to the family.
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.