The Presidential commission established to investigate murders and enforced disappearances is seeking help from renowned Maldivian Professor, Dr. Hassan Ugail.
President of the commission, Husnu al-Suood confirmed that the commission is working with the professor in investigating some of the cases undertaken by the commission.
Professor Hassan Ugail is a mathematician and a computer scientist currently working as a Professor of Visual Computing at the School of Engineering and Informatics; the University of Bradford. Professor Ugail is the first Maldivian to obtain a PhD in Mathematics and the first and to date the only Maldivian to receive a professorship in the field of Science. The Professor's principal research interests are in the area of Visual Computing.
The commission on Monday appealed for public assistance in identifying and locating two suspects in connection to the high-profile murder of Ungoofaaru constituency MP, Dr. Afrasheem Ali in 2012. A grainy video footage of two suspects speeding on a motorbike on a road of capital on the night of the murder was released along with the plea.
The video showed two individuals active on Ameenee Magu in Henveiru ward, on the same block and street as late Dr. Afrasheem's place of residence. He was found murdered on the stairwell of his building later the same night.
The commission requested anyone with any information regarding the two individuals caught on camera to contact them.
Professor Ugail
