Fuel Supply Maldives (FSM) is destroying documents illegally and the matter will be reported to the police, National Archives Director Mohamed Amir Ahmed (Fares Amir) has said.
An employee of FSM suspected malpractice during the transition period and posted a video of the company destroying documents on a shredding machine. The employee was later suspended.
FSM said in a statement on Sunday that it is not destroying any important documents but is destroying some outdated documents that are no longer needed by the company.
State Heritage Minister Mohamed Thoriq (Manadhoo Thoriq) in a post on social media called on the police to investigate the unlawful destruction of documents by some institutions.
"No state document should be allowed to be illegally destroyed," he posted on X.
National Archives Director Mohamed Amir Ahmed (Fares Amir) told Adhadhu that FSM was destroying documents without notifying the National Archives and he found out the news from the media.
Amir said he decided to take the matter to the police after consulting with Heritage Minister Yumna Maumoon and State Minister Thoriq.
Yumna posted on X that state documents should be destroyed as per the Archives Act under the direction of the Director General of the National Archives.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has also reported the matter to the police.
The ACC said in a statement that the alteration, destruction and concealment of such documents would hinder the investigations conducted by the commission and called to stop committing such acts.
FSM, the state-owned oil and gas company which is a subsidiary of State Trading Organisation (STO), has also been criticized for suspending the employee who brought the matter to the attention of the public.
FSM said he was suspended for taking a video that misrepresented the truth and created a bad image of the company among the public and customers.
