Mohamed Nasheed affirms President Yameen violating UN sanctions on North Korea

Maldives, Feb 28 Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has asserted that President Abdulla Yameen conflicted with the approvals forced by the United Nations and enabled the ships to transfer cargo to North Korean ships on the high oceans.

Nasheed took to Twitter and stated, "It's concerning, but unsurprising, to learn President Yameen is again breaking UN sanctions, this time with North Korea. He's getting Maldives hailed boats to exchange load to North Korean ships on the high oceans. In the 1990s, President Yameen did the same with Burmese junta."

Yesterday, Nasheed had claimed that more than 50 Maldives "National Defence Force (MNDF) and Police Officers" were confined by the supporters of President Yameen.

Maldivian Democratic Party member Abdulla Shahid also went to the fore and encouraged President Yameen to "immediately release" the MPs who were captured from the quiet Joint Opposition challenge on Monday.

The Maldives is confronting political agitation since President Yameen forced crisis subsequent to declining to protest a Supreme Court order of freeing imprisoned opposition leaders.