Maldives Update: April 9, 2007.

Maldivian government had hired an English expert to help modernize the country’s police force.
Foreign Experts To Reform Maldives Police, Minivan News, October 7, 2006.

But now the Maldives Police Service (MPS) paints a picture of an amateurish, overstaffed, inefficient and poorly organised force.
Will Jordan, Star Force Slated In Leaked Report, Minivan News, April 5, 2007.

John Robertson's letter to Minivan News On His Leaked Report.

Special Majlis Speaker has refused to allow a debate on lowering the voting age for the referendum on a Presidential or Parliamentary style of government to 18.
Ajay Makan, Constitutional Crisis As Government Defies Special Majlis, Minivan News, April 8, 2007.
The government’s sincerity towards the national reform process was thrown into doubt after a majority of ruling party members boycotted Sunday’s sitting of the Special Majlis or constitutional assembly to decide on lowering the voting age to 18 years.
A slap on Maldives youths’ face? Haveeru Online, March 27, 2007.

U.N. Security Council will discuss potential threats to international security from climate change. Maldives faces the threat of being wiped out from the world map due to climate change.
Dire straits, DNA, April 09, 2007.

Also See:
A.S.I. Moosa (Sappe'), The murderous dictator and the 'Bullet-Ballot' propaganda, Dhivehi Observer, 1 April 2007.