Foreign Ministry has said they will seek to establish the truth on the allegations that former President Mohamed Nasheed had received asylum from UK.
A tweet posted by the Ministry said they were working confirm whether asylum status had been formally granted to the former President. A subsequent tweet questioned on the intentions of the former President's medical leave.
Nasheed's lawyer, Hassan Latheef said the Nasheed has been granted political refugee status and that this was a formal status granted by the UK government. He added that there was no point in the Government seeking to bring him back to the Maldives.
Nasheed had requested the Maldives Correctional Service to grant an extension to his medical leave up to August 23, 2015. Hassan added that full medical treatment can only be completed with this extension. Hassan said that returning back to the Maldives was at the discretion of the former President.
Nasheed's request for a 30 day extension had been granted by the Government previously. The extension had expired last Thursday.
