Adhadhu has learnt that no police investigation is ongoing into the alleged theft of information from the Department of National Registration (DNR) database to increase the membership of the ruling People's National Congress (PNC).
When contacted by Adhadhu, the police media officer said the agency was conducting a forgery investigation into the alleged fake political party membership forms complaint lodged by the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).
The media officer did not say whether they were investigating any other cases.
A senior police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Adhadhu that the police were not investigating the alleged leak of information from the DNR databases.
"Police are not investigating the breach of DNR databases," the police official said.
Photos which earlier circulated on social media show officials filling out membership forms for the PNC inside the DNR office. Meanwhile, DNR officials had confessed to filling out the forms inside the office.
There are complaints that members of the police, military and disabled people were registered as members of the PNC by using forged signatures and fingerprints. But the government and the ruling party have not officially commented.
