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ARTUR BROTHERS ARE A THREAT TO THE MALDIVES: MPS
Haveeru Online, Maldives
April 2 2013
Ahmed Abdullah Saeed, Haveeru Online
Apr 02, 2013 - 03:09
The infamous Armenian brothers suspected of being conmen and drug
traffickers is a threat to the Maldives, some lawmakers said in
Parliament on Tuesday.
The Artur brothers Margaryan and Sargayan have linking up with various
political figures to invest in the Maldives is a threat to national
security, some MPs stressed during the Parliament session on Tuesday.
Hence their arrival in the Maldives and the people who assisted them
must be probed and action must be taken against them, MPs said.
The emergency motion over the presence of the Artur brothers was
submitted to the Parliament by Maafannu-north constituency MP
Imthiyaz Fahmy.
While opposition MPs pointed fingers at top level officials of
the present government for facilitating the Arturs to invest in
the Maldives, pro-government legislators claimed that the brother
had entered the Maldives during former President Mohamed Nasheed's
government and a person affiliated with opposition Maldivian Democratic
Party (MDP) is one of the shareholders of the company registered by
the Arturs in Maldives.
Haveeru has found that the Artur brothers Margaryan and Sargayan
have registered a company "Artur Brothers World Connections' with
the Economic Ministry last October.
The shareholders of the company include two French nationals and
a local.
The brothers were pictured with Tourism Minister Ahmed Adeeb and
Defence Minister Nazim during a motor racing event held in Hulhumale
in January.
However both Adeeb and Nazim have denied knowing the Artur brothers.
"I don't have any connection with them. I came to know about them
after the rumours started spreading on social media networks. But no
country had informed of us anything officially," Nazim told Haveeru.
The Armenians had been linked to a huge scandal in Kenya which
eventually led to their highly controversial deportation.
A local media outlet KTN's investigations team produced a daring
expose of the cover-up that followed the seizure of Kenya's largest
ever cocaine haul in December 2004.
The channel further disclosed how several tonnes of the cocaine went
missing; how the brothers' were allowed to escape and how two State
prosecutions were deliberately mishandled.
A top leader in the then Kenyan opposition had also accused the Artur
brothers of being mercenaries sent into the country to kill him.
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/news/48246
Haveeru Online, Maldives
April 2 2013
Ahmed Abdullah Saeed, Haveeru Online
Apr 02, 2013 - 03:09
The infamous Armenian brothers suspected of being conmen and drug
traffickers is a threat to the Maldives, some lawmakers said in
Parliament on Tuesday.
The Artur brothers Margaryan and Sargayan have linking up with various
political figures to invest in the Maldives is a threat to national
security, some MPs stressed during the Parliament session on Tuesday.
Hence their arrival in the Maldives and the people who assisted them
must be probed and action must be taken against them, MPs said.
The emergency motion over the presence of the Artur brothers was
submitted to the Parliament by Maafannu-north constituency MP
Imthiyaz Fahmy.
While opposition MPs pointed fingers at top level officials of
the present government for facilitating the Arturs to invest in
the Maldives, pro-government legislators claimed that the brother
had entered the Maldives during former President Mohamed Nasheed's
government and a person affiliated with opposition Maldivian Democratic
Party (MDP) is one of the shareholders of the company registered by
the Arturs in Maldives.
Haveeru has found that the Artur brothers Margaryan and Sargayan
have registered a company "Artur Brothers World Connections' with
the Economic Ministry last October.
The shareholders of the company include two French nationals and
a local.
The brothers were pictured with Tourism Minister Ahmed Adeeb and
Defence Minister Nazim during a motor racing event held in Hulhumale
in January.
However both Adeeb and Nazim have denied knowing the Artur brothers.
"I don't have any connection with them. I came to know about them
after the rumours started spreading on social media networks. But no
country had informed of us anything officially," Nazim told Haveeru.
The Armenians had been linked to a huge scandal in Kenya which
eventually led to their highly controversial deportation.
A local media outlet KTN's investigations team produced a daring
expose of the cover-up that followed the seizure of Kenya's largest
ever cocaine haul in December 2004.
The channel further disclosed how several tonnes of the cocaine went
missing; how the brothers' were allowed to escape and how two State
prosecutions were deliberately mishandled.
A top leader in the then Kenyan opposition had also accused the Artur
brothers of being mercenaries sent into the country to kill him.
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/news/48246