New president denies Maldives coup
(Srilankamirror) - The former president of the luxury resort islands of the Maldives faced arrest on Thursday after being ousted from his post earlier in the week in what he said was a coup at gunpoint.
A criminal court in the capital Male issued arrest warrants for ex-president Mohamed Nasheed and his former defense minister, but the charges against them were unclear, a senior official of Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) said.
"An arrest warrant has been issued for him and his former defense minister," MDP official Adam Manik told Reuters. "We have no idea (what the charges are)."
Police said on state TV on Wednesday night that protests led by Nasheed after his ouster were "an act of terrorism."
