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Jailed Maldives ex-leader Nasheed leaves for UK: party

Published: 19 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am | Last Updated: 08 Nov 2021 - 04:11 am
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Malé, Maldives: Jailed Maldivian opposition leader and former president Mohamed Nasheed left the country Monday for urgent medical treatment in Britain despite a 24-hour delay, his party said.

"President Nasheed is on a flight to Colombo and from there he will go to Britain," his Maldivian Democratic Party spokesman Hamid Abdul Ghafoor told AFP.

AFP