Two foreign teachers arrested over alleged sexual assault of their students

Maldives Police have launched investigations on multiple sexual assault cases involving students and their foreign teachers.

According to Police, in a island under Southern Police division a 54 year old foreign school teacher had been arrested over allegedly sexually assaulting their 16 year old student.

The case was submitted to Police on the 11th of October, and with a court order on the 14th the 54 year old foreign teacher had been arrested.

Moreover, around the same location another case with similar details had been reported to the Police.

However, Police clarified to the media that the two cases, despite their similarities involves two different suspects.

In the second case, a 52 year old foreign teacher had been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting his 12 year old and 13 year old student in a island under Southern Police division.

According to Police, this case was submitted to them on the 17th of October and with a court order on the 23rd the 52 year old foreign teacher had been arrested.

The court has ordered to keep the 54 year old suspect under custody for 15 days and the 52 year old suspect under custody for 30 days.