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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Police Arrest School Teacher For Homosexual Activities

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Police has arrested a school teacher in Ha Huvarafushi under suspicion of engaging in homosexual relations with a student. 

The school teacher is identified by Police as Mohamed Idrees of Samaaraage / Huvarafishi. According to reports the illicit sexual relations was carried out by Idrees by taking the student to the school at odd hours on the pretext of giving extra tuition. 

“2 days before the arrest of the school teacher there was a march against sexual abuse of children , here on this island, after that the student told the story to his friends, the story slowly spread and finally it reached adults, this where the issue surfaced” an informer from the island told Miadhu Daily. 

The story is fast spreading on the island although there is no news from any official source, he said. The informer also said the accused school teacher has been taken to atoll capital, Dhihdhoo, for investigations. 


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Hoarafushi teacher arrested for sexually abusing student

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Haveeru Daily, Jun 23, 2009, A teacher from the Haa Alifu atoll Hoarafushi School was arrested on charges of having a homosexual relationship with a male 14-year-old student. 

Officials from the Hoarafushi Island Office said that the Police had arrested the Mathematics teacher after the victim’s family had reported him to the Police. A reliable source from the island, who was in a position to know, told Haveeru that the underage boy had said the teacher molested him on four different occasions after bringing him to the teacher’s tuition centre. He further said that the boy had said that the teacher had shown him pornographic videos before molesting him. 

Officials from the Island Office said that the boy had spoken out about the events after a protest march against child abuse had been organized in the island by the residents a few days back. 

Police said that they were investigating the case. 
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