Witness: Did not see Visam and Leevan obstructing the Police

Defense witness has said that he did not see the RaajjeTV journalists Mohamed Visam and Leevan Ali Naseer obstructing the Police to fulfill their duties.

The state charges of obstruction against the two said that on 2 November around 7:45 p.m., while the Police and MNDF closed down the Maafannu Stadium area for an operation, Police ordered the people near Iskandharu Koshi to leave the area and while Police Corporal Mohamed Shaaheen was making at arrest at the scene, Visam held the officer from behind and pulled him back. And Leevan took the Officer’s hand off the man he was trying to arrest.

At the hearing held today, all three defense witnesses testified that they did not see Visam and Leevan obstructing the Police. The defense witnesses were the COO of Raajje TV, Hussain Fiyaz Moosa, and two Raajje TV journalists, Hussain Fariyaz and Murusheed Abdul Hakeem.

Two witnesses from the prosecution gave their statements at the hearing tonight. The two Police officers that testified for the prosecution said that they saw Visam and Leevan in a struggle with a Police officer.

All witness testimonies in trial were concluded today. And the hearing in November would be the closing statements according to the Chief Judge, Abdul Baree Yousuf.