Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa - Political Career

Political Career

In 19 September 2003, Evan Naseem who was serving at Maafushi jail was severely beaten up and ultimately paid with his life; end result of a series of complicated disputes between inmates. News broke out the following day and there was a civil unrest in the capital city of the Maldives, Malé. The BBC, covered this event and Moosa gave an interview to the BBC the following month and left Maldives, on 15 October 2003, to United Kingdom. The interview was aired on 17 October 2003. He says he left the country because he believed he would be in danger if remained in Maldives. "I have already left the country fearing the worst" said Sappé in a written statement published on his website.

He joined Maldivian Democratic Party on 10 November 2003, soon after its official announcement and was a member of its general council. However, he does not get involved with day to day operations of the party for two reasons. That is; MDP's major operations are carried out in Sri Lanka and he operates his own website DhivehiObserver, which is his major line of connection with the Maldivian public.

After his initial interview with the BBC, he gave several other interviews. They appeared to have exerted pressure on Maldivian government.

According to the article published on The Daily Telegraph on 15 September 2006, Ahmed Moosa was threatened via email by the wife of police commissioner Adam Zahir, Husna Latheef, on 11 April 2005. Moosa filed a complaint to Wiltshire Police who investigated the death threat with the assistance of the Metropolitan Police in London. The threat was traced back to Husna Latheef's email and was issued with a first verbal warning under the Harassment Act.