New Maldives prez stomps out anarchy

February 09, 2012 12:31

Update on a post-coup Maldives.

The new president of the Maldives, Mohamed Waheed, who is accused by his predecessor of taking part in a coup, today struggled to contain "anarchy" in the
holiday paradise as protests and violence spread. Waheed made two emergency cabinet appointments -- home and defence -- after supporters of former president Mohamed Nasheed stormed police stations and burned government buildings in outlying atolls of the archipelago nation.

The former president is believed to be in a safe house in the capital, Male.

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