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DATE: 2009-02-21
A 38-year-old man who had sexual relationships with a large number of underage boys and kept photographs and video footage of his activities has been arrested by the Maldives Police Service.
Speaking at a news conference held at the Police Headquarters last Thursday, Inspector Ismail Athif said that Hussain Fazeel, 38, of V. Veyruge, who currently lives in M. Fari Dhuveli, had been initially arrested in connection to smuggling and dealing alcohol in Malé. During a search of his room in the house Police had discovered a hard disc that contained a large amount of pictures and videos of the man having sex with a several different young boys.
Police further said that in addition to Hussain Fazeel having sex with the kids, the photos and videos showed the kids having sex with each other also. Athif said that the pictures they had found on Fazeel’s hard disc were exactly the kind of thing a pedophile would shoot and that the images were all high resolution photos of very good quality. The photos and videos were likely used for commercial purposes, Athif added.
Police said that Fazeel had enticed the boys over to have sex with them by giving them alcohol, money, games and pornographic movies. The Inspector further said that there were some really young boys among Fazeel’s victims.
Only seven of 35 boys shown in the photos and videos have so far been identified, Police said. An official said that all seven kids were street urchins who Fazeel had probably picked up on the streets. Some of the kids had been only around 10 or 11 when they had first been photographed, Athif said.
“The photos showed them when they were around 10 or 11, and continued until they had reached puberty,” Athif said. “So it’s difficult to say how long this has been going on but it’s obviously a very old network. One of the kids is now 18 years old.”
Athif said that even though only Fazeel had so far been arrested in connection to the case there was definitely someone older involved in the operations and that the Police were now monitoring him.
The Inspector also said that a 17-year-old boy had been living with Fazeel in his room at the time of his arrest. Fazeel had told the Police that the teenager was a relative. However, the boy’s family had confirmed that they were not related to each other in any way and that it had been more than a month since the boy had run away from home. Police had later found out that the boy had been having sexual relations with Fazeel.
Athif said that this was a very serious crime and that they currently had no idea how many kids were involved. Even thought the photos and videos showed 35 different kids it was possible that more might have become victim to the predator, Athif said. He further added that since it was not possible to reveal the identities of the children it would be very difficult to continue their investigation. He said that since the identities of the victims couldn’t be released, he was requesting anyone who know or knew Fazeel, or anyone who might have even heard of a kid meeting with him or was seen with him, to contact the Police with the information.
The reason why they were taking the case so seriously was because of the amount of children involved in the case, Athif said, adding that their parents had no idea about it.
Speaking at a news conference held at the Police Headquarters last Thursday, Inspector Ismail Athif said that Hussain Fazeel, 38, of V. Veyruge, who currently lives in M. Fari Dhuveli, had been initially arrested in connection to smuggling and dealing alcohol in Malé. During a search of his room in the house Police had discovered a hard disc that contained a large amount of pictures and videos of the man having sex with a several different young boys.
Police further said that in addition to Hussain Fazeel having sex with the kids, the photos and videos showed the kids having sex with each other also. Athif said that the pictures they had found on Fazeel’s hard disc were exactly the kind of thing a pedophile would shoot and that the images were all high resolution photos of very good quality. The photos and videos were likely used for commercial purposes, Athif added.
Police said that Fazeel had enticed the boys over to have sex with them by giving them alcohol, money, games and pornographic movies. The Inspector further said that there were some really young boys among Fazeel’s victims.
Only seven of 35 boys shown in the photos and videos have so far been identified, Police said. An official said that all seven kids were street urchins who Fazeel had probably picked up on the streets. Some of the kids had been only around 10 or 11 when they had first been photographed, Athif said.
“The photos showed them when they were around 10 or 11, and continued until they had reached puberty,” Athif said. “So it’s difficult to say how long this has been going on but it’s obviously a very old network. One of the kids is now 18 years old.”
Athif said that even though only Fazeel had so far been arrested in connection to the case there was definitely someone older involved in the operations and that the Police were now monitoring him.
The Inspector also said that a 17-year-old boy had been living with Fazeel in his room at the time of his arrest. Fazeel had told the Police that the teenager was a relative. However, the boy’s family had confirmed that they were not related to each other in any way and that it had been more than a month since the boy had run away from home. Police had later found out that the boy had been having sexual relations with Fazeel.
Athif said that this was a very serious crime and that they currently had no idea how many kids were involved. Even thought the photos and videos showed 35 different kids it was possible that more might have become victim to the predator, Athif said. He further added that since it was not possible to reveal the identities of the children it would be very difficult to continue their investigation. He said that since the identities of the victims couldn’t be released, he was requesting anyone who know or knew Fazeel, or anyone who might have even heard of a kid meeting with him or was seen with him, to contact the Police with the information.
The reason why they were taking the case so seriously was because of the amount of children involved in the case, Athif said, adding that their parents had no idea about it.
Via Haveeru
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