Chief prosecutor fired after lifting emergency

MALI, Maldives, Nov 11, (AFP): The Maldives parliament sacked the chief prosecutor shortly after the government bowed to international pressure and lifted a state of emergency imposed after an alleged plot to blow up the president.

At a hastily convened midnight session of parliament on Tuesday, ruling party legislators voted overwhelmingly to sack Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin without disclosing the allegations against him.

The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party boycotted the vote, saying it was rushed.