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Officers Reassigned After Accu
The Police Department on Monday reassigned to desk duty four officers who are under scrutiny over charges by a man who said he was sodomized with a piece of police equipment during a scuffle in a Brooklyn subway station, a police spokesman said.
The decision to place the officers on modified assignment requires them to surrender their guns and shields, and suggests a change in the position of the department, which had insisted that it saw no evidence of misconduct by the officers.
Officers are often placed on modified duty in anticipation of possible disciplinary action.
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Minivan News - Scottsdale,AZ,U
01 April 2007
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‘Police Chief Must Quit:’ MDP
After a recent police crackdown which has seen numerous beatings and at least 21 arrests, the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has renewed its calls for Police Chief Adam Zahir to resign.
“In light of the most serious police brutality in over a year, the MDP demands the resignation of Police Commissioner Adam Zahir and the immediate reform of the Police Integrity Commission,” says an MDP press release.
“There is a limit to how much violence and arrests people can endure, to how much their human dignity can be violated,” added the party Chairman, Mohamed Nasheed (Anni).
MDP estimates thirty people were beaten on the island of Kinbidhoo in Thaa Atolll during protests against suspected corruption by the Island Chief, Thursday. The arrests and beatings coincided with the Police Force’s 74th Anniversary, which was being celebrated in Malé.
“Those injured included ten women and a three year old child. The unprovoked attack by the Star Force riot police left three people unconscious, and protestors hospitalized, some with serious head injuries,” says the party.
“After the police threatened the protestors with arrest, they began to return to their homes. At this point, the police charged the group with batons. The police officer in charge has given information that the instruction to beat the group was issued by Superintendent Abdulla Riyaz,” reports the MDP.
The new wave of police action comes after a breakdown in bilateral negotiations between the government party, the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) and the MDP. The DRP accused their counterparts of “illegal dissent,” and it appears the government has now chosen to use the police to stamp out opposition.
“In Male’, six people visiting a hospitalized protestor from Kinbidhoo were arrested, and two more outside a local cafe. In Ihavandhoo, islanders protesting against a lack of electricity are facing a deployment of 40 police officers,” the MDP’s release says.
“Without a change in management, there will never be any accountability within the police and they will continue to act with impunity,” said MDP Member of Parliament for Thaa Atoll and lead negotiator Hassan Afeef.
“The Commissioner should step down. We should also reform the Police Integrity Commission so that it can provide real oversight. The Commission has not even met once since its creation in September 2006,” he added.
The Police are boycotting Minivan and will not comment. The government has been unavailable.
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