Police on Wednesday summoned and questioned ousted ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's daughter Yumna Maumoon over the missing important party documents and equipment from the old party office at Thema house in Henveiru ward.
Yumna told reporters later that after the civil court had ordered her father to handover of the party control to his half brother president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, her father and his supporters had been locked out of the party office.
Gayoom's daughter said she had personally notified the police when she heard reports of an unidentified group attempting to break down the lock and enter the party office.
"I told the police officer at the scene that the office must be opened in the presence of both sides. That no one should be allowed to enter without us present. But on our way there we heard that the office had been re-opened. We also heard that the place had been cleaned out. Even that night we asked the police to investigate it," Yumna explained.
Yumna said she had told the police that the items in the office had been removed in-front of both the public and media.
"I told the police that we can't be responsible for anything. Police were also there when the items were removed. So it would be difficult to explain what happened to the stuff when we weren't even there," she added.
President Yameen and his half brother Gayoom has been locked in an ugly power struggle for ruling party control which had split the party in two.
Yumna along with siblings Dhunya and Faaris had been dragged into the bitter dispute between their uncle and father who had officially withdrawn support for the government after the civil court had handed the ruling party control to the younger Gayoom.
The elder Gayoom's youngest son Ghassan Maumoon was the only child who had backed president Yameen in the feud before Dhunya's shock return to the government last week.
The former president was quick to quash rumours of a possible mended fences with his half brother by insisting that his daughter's decision was 'her own' which did not have his support.
