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By Srijit Das A video of a brawl at the Maldivian parliament is circulating with false claims that it shows Maldives president, Mohamed Muizzu, being assaulted in the parliament. The claim further states that Muizzu was attacked for his anti-India stance which led to strained diplomatic relations with India including Indians boycotting the Maldives and in turn hurting the archipelago's tourism dependent economy. BOOM found that the person assaulted in the video is Maldivian MP Abdulla Shaheem Abdul Hakeem and not Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu. The incident took place on January 28, 2024, f...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old BBC News report by journalist Simon Reeve reporting on the disposal of toxic waste on Maldives' 'Trash Island' is being shared on Indian social media with the misleading claim that it is a recent video report on the island country. On January 7, 2024, the Maldives government of President Mohamed Muizzu reportedly suspended three ministers for making derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indians. The three ministers had criticised PM Modi for his post on X (formerly Twitter) over his visit to Lakshadweep, inferring that it was an attempt to project i...
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By Srijit Das A video of a heated exchange between a cab driver and two female tourists in Bali, Indonesia is being shared with a false claim that it shows a taxi driver in Maldives harassing two foreigners. BOOM found that the video is of an incident that took place in Bali, Indonesia earlier this month. The police later arrested the taxi driver on charges of committing extortion with violence. Strained ties between New Delhi and Male has generated a wave of misinformation online. The latest escalation was triggered after Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted a video of him snorkelling in Laksh...
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By Hazel Gandhi On January 7, 2024, Maldives suspended three of its deputy ministers for their derogatory comments under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photos that showed him promoting the Indian island of Lakshadweep. The ministers, Maryam Shiuna, Malsha Shareef and Mahzoom Majid, called the PM a "clown", "terrorist" and "puppet of Israel", leading to severe backlash from India. Hashtags such as #BoycottMaldives and #ExploreIndianIslands began trending on X, with celebrities including Akshay Kumar, Sachin Tendulkar, and Salman Khan participating. The government of Maldives later responded to ...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old photo of a discarded sex doll on a beach in Thailand is being shared by Indian social media users with a false claim that the image shows the dead body of a woman who was gang raped and murdered in the Maldives. BOOM found that the claims are false and the photo shows an adult doll found near a beach in Thailand in August 2022. After three Maldivian ministers left derogatory comments under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's post showing him at a beach in Lakshadweep, a diplomatic row ensued between India and Maldives. Several celebrities including Akshay Kumar responded to t...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video showing a group of protesters with Modi masks staging an anti-India demonstration in Maldives in June last year is being shared on social media falsely claiming it is recent after strain in ties between both countries. On January 7, 2024, the Maldives government of President Mohamed Muizzu reportedly suspended three ministers for making derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indians. The three ministers had criticised PM Modi for his post on X (formerly Twitter) over his visit to Lakshadweep, inferring that it was an attempt to project it as an alte...
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By Hera Rizwan Sharing an image of his on social media from a beach in Lakshadweep on January 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote the caption, "For those who wish to embrace the adventurer in them, Lakshadweep has to be on your list." The seemingly ordinary post on X has ignited a dispute, possibly creating tension between India and Maldives. The controversy began when three deputy ministers in the Ministry of Youth Affairs in Maldives, Maryam Shiuna, Malsha Shareef, and Mahzoom Majid, made 'derogatory comments' about India and the Prime Minister in relation to the post, and has been unfoldi...
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By Anmol Alphonso A set of photos, two from Maldives and one from French Polynesia are viral on social media and were shared by Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh and Cabinet Minister of Earth Sciences, Kiren Rijiju, falsely claiming that they are from Lakshadweep, India. On January 7, 2024, the Maldives government of President Mohamed Muizzu suspended three ministers for making derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indians. The three ministers had criticised PM Modi for his post on X (formerly Twitter) over his visit to Lakshadweep, inferring that it was an attempt to project i...
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By Srijit Das An old news video from 2010 about a Swiss couple who were mocked with religious slurs and abuses by resort staff in Maldives while performing a marriage renewal ceremony for the duo, is being shared by Indian social media users as recent. BOOM found that the incident took place in 2010, triggering a widespread outrage and prompting the former foreign minister of the Maldives to issue a public apology. Maldives recently suspended three of its ministers, Malsha Shareef, Mariyam Shiuna and Abdulla Mahzoom Majid, for making derogatory remarks against Modi calling him a "clown", "terr...
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By Hazel Gandhi A fake screenshot purporting to show Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu apologising to Indians "with folded hands" for his ministers' recent remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi is viral online. BOOM found that the screenshot is fake and Muizzu made no such apology on X which he later deleted as being claimed. Maldives recently suspended three of its ministers, Malsha Shareef, Mariyam Shiuna and Abdulla Mahzoom Majid, for making derogatory remarks against Modi calling him a "clown", "terrorist", and "puppet of Israel". The comments were made under one of Modi's posts about hi...
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