Mohamed Latheef
Mohamed Latheef is a Maldives politician and a former parliamentarian. He is one of the founders of MDP, the Maldivian Democratic Party. He was self-exiled in Sri Lanka for a couple of years.
Educated in Sri Lanka first at Trinity College, Kandy and then at the prestigious Royal College Colombo. It is alleged by him that his father and close relatives were allegedly killed while in prison during the regime of the former Maldivian President Ibrahim Nasir. Latheef who was himself a member of parliament and a close associate of President Gayoom was held in solitary confinement for three months without any charges being brought against him.
He is the father of Jennifer Latheef, a 32 year old journalist who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her alleged involvement in the civil unrest of 2003.

