Mannaan appointed as Deputy Commissioner of Police

Former Assistant Commissioner, Abdul Mannaan Yoosuf, has been appointed to the position of Deputy Commissioner of the Maldives Police Service.

The announcement was made in a tweet sent out by the Maldives Police Service today.

The new Deputy Commissioner has been in the police service for a long time before being discharged and re-hired again. He was discharged following allegations of his involvement in attempt to arrest the former President, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom with a falsified court order.

Mannaan's case was appealed and found not guilty of involvement in the attempt.