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Monday 23 Jun 2025
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Members of the presidential commission for inquiry into Mariyam Yumnu's fall, speaks to reporters on April 30, 2025. (Photo/President's Office)
The presidential commission charged with conducting an inquiry into the ninth-floor fall of a young woman from a building in Male’ in April states they hope to submit their final report on the case to President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu in about two weeks.
21-year-old Mariyam Yumnu was found injured on the rooftop of a warehouse in the Henveiru district at around 07:30 am on April 18. According to the police, their investigation uncovered that she fell from a skylight in the ninth-floor stairwell of the adjacent building, H. Fentenoy, but that there was no evidence of foul play.
On April 27, President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu appointed a presidential commission to conduct an inquiry into the case.
The Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry, via a post on X on Sunday morning, said it was nearing completion of the task assigned to it.
The Commission added that it hopes to submit its final report to the President in about two weeks.
The Commission is about to complete the task assigned to it.
— Inquiry Commission (@InquiryCom) June 1, 2025
Members of the Commission hope to submit their final report to the President in about two weeks.
The Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry comprises of five members:
The Commission established under a presidential decree has been granted extensive powers and privileges and will remain operational until the President declares that its mandate has been fulfilled.
According to the President, Commission members, who are not currently employed elsewhere, will be given a monthly allowance of MVR 15,000, while the doctor and the other healthcare professional on the Commission will receive a monthly allowance of MVR 5,000, as they are already employed full-time and drawing salaries from those roles.
Before her fall, Yumnu had been part of a group of at least eight other individuals who were at Ma. Maandhooge Dhekunuge – the family residence of Transport Minister Mohamed Ameen - for a party, where they are believed to have possibly consumed drugs and alcohol.
The police had initially refused to name anyone else except for Yumnu. It wasn’t until six days later – on April 24 – that the police finally named eight people who had been with Yumnu in the party as persons of interest: Raudh Ahmed Zilal, 21; Izdhiyaan Mohamed Maumoon, 28; Aishath Layaaly Iqbal, 22; Yoosuf Ahmed Akram, 22; Yoosuf Yassar Abdul Ghafoor, 28; Aminath Junaina Jamsheed, 24; Hussain Hamees Ali, 28; and Ijaz Jaiz, 24.
On the same day, police arrested Raudh, who had been with Yumnu in the last moments before her fall, for lack of cooperation. He was released from Dhoonidhoo Custodial Jail on May 22, but rearrested mere hours later, under a new court warrant - a decision that the police said was to “complete some procedural matters.”
Raudh was released again last Monday at the instruction of the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO), which attributed its decision to the possibility that his remand would exceed the likely sentence for the charges he is expected to face.
The Police has requested charges against Raudh. However, the specifics of the charges have not been disclosed.
Yumnu, who sustained serious injuries in the fall including multiple fractures, is being treated in a hospital in Malaysia with funding from state and donations from the general public.
In a TV interview earlier in May, a family member said that Yumnu had told them that she did not jump from the building but was pushed
