A book to be published about the assassination of Amin Didi

A book about the defeat and assassination in 1954 of the first president of the Maldives, Mohamed Amin Didi, is to be released on 19 January - 57 years after the incident took place.

Written by an experienced Maldivian Broadcast Journalist Mohamed Jameel, the book will include interviews with close acquaintances of Amin, several leaders of the coup which defeated Amin’s regime, and hundreds of witnesses of the incident.

Jameel, who has worked about twenty years as a lead Reporter of the Voice of Maldives, said that the book will also include previously unpublished documents relating to the event. It will also include interviews with Amin Didi’s daughter Ameena Mohamed, and a leader of the coup Faamdheyrigey Mohamed Zakee, where they talk about the events openly.

He also said that photos showing the life of Amin Didi will be included in the book.

Jameel said that fifteen years of research had been put into the book consisting of three hundred and twenty five pages. Published by Novelty Group, a large sum of the publishing cost of the book is borne by the owner of Bandos Island Resort Annabeel Mohamed Waheeddeen.

The book titled “Oakid”, Amin’s pen name in Adhabee Gulshan, will be released on 19 January 2012, the 58th anniversary of his death.