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MALE (AFP) — Police in the Maldives have arrested a state environment minister, officers said Thursday, with media in the Indian Ocean nation reporting she was accused of performing “black magic” on the president.
State Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Energy, Fathimath Shamnaz Ali Saleem, was arrested on Sunday along with two others in the capital Male, police said.
She has been remanded in custody for a week pending investigations, officers added, without giving details for her arrest.
“There have been reports that Shamnaz was arrested for performing black magic on President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu,” said the Sun, a local media outlet.
Police would neither confirm nor deny the report.
Her position is an important job in a nation on the frontlines of the climate crisis, with United Nations environment experts warning rising seas could make it virtually uninhabitable by the end of the century.
