“you had your way... I'll handle this my way”

Someone entering another’s premises without permission, allowed or not allowed? Obviously it is not allowed. The constitution of the Maldives strongly bans such an evil act. In fact there is strict punishment for such behaviour. But what if a police officer gets into a house without its owner’s permission? Except for very extreme cases, even the police officers need to have prior permission of the premises' owners before they enter the premises. For some people this might be an exceptional case, for me certainly not!

Well here is what im talking about; yesterday I read an article in Haveeru daily about an angry father who beat up a police officer who attempted to have s*x with her daughter in her own house, during mid-night hours. According to the news article in Haveeeru, the police guy was caught red-handed while he was trying to remove the clothing of the girl while she was asleep. Ouch! Guess what would have happened if she was your daughter and it was your house where there was an intruder? The girl’s father simply could not tolerate this, so he beat the guy up with a spanner! His right limb was fractured and he’s now in hospital for treatment. Fair enough?

This isn’t the end of the story. Now what happens to the man who beat the police officer? Will he be charged? But before we talk about what will happen to him, let’s go where this started. The police officer entered the house without the house owner’s permission! So at the beginning, he has done wrong. This is a serious offence. And this is the actual cause of the problem here. But the statement released by Maldives Police Services today stated that, “following our investigation, necessary administrative actions will be taken if he is found guilty, and his case will be passed to court for further consideration.” This statement simply doesn’t make sense for me. He was beaten up while he was inside someone’s premises without the owner’s permission, so the case should be passed for a judgement by the court, without any further investigations by the police. This makes it questionable about how this case would end up. Whether we accept it or not, I can forecast that the girl's farther will be prosecuted, for beating up the policeman and nothing will be done for the policeman.

But this is something serious. Police officers are the people who are appointed to protect us. They are the ones who should look after the citizens when they are asleep. They are the ones who should catch the people who enter the houses without permission. But now the situation sounds entirely different for me. It seems as if we need a new group of people to take care of these so-called policemen who try to intrude houses whatever the reason might be. I hope we learnt a lesson from this. Perhaps its time for me to ask you to comment on this. But before i conclude I would say that the man’s decision was wise in my point of view. Perhaps he said to the policeman, “you had your way... I'll handle this my way”