Sangu TV station searched by police

Police have searched Sangu TV station under a court order and seized computer hard disks.

Managing Director of Sangu TV Ibrahim Waheed (Asward) said that police entered the station late in the night on Friday.

“They have taken hard disks of all computers. Everything has been moved and turned in their search for evidence. They took 27 hard disks. The whole station came to a stop,” Waheed explained.

Waheed further said that the police arrived at 1:13 a.m., showed the court order, and requested to cut off transmission.

Police then asked all staff to leave, and in their search opened the lockers and the safe by breaking them, and took items such as pen drives, Waheed said.

Police left the station at 4:40 a.m.

Sangu TV is partly owned by Velidhoo MP Abdulla Yameen, who is a member of ruling party Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM).

The court order warranting the search states that the premises need to be searched to find evidence related to death threats issued to the President and senior government officials, and a video on YouTube threatening to carry out acts of terrorism.