Police have said they are working with the Malaysian police to get a statement from Hawwa Yumnu Rasheed, who was found with critical injuries on the roof of a warehouse after she had a fall from a ten-storey building in Male' on April 18.
In a statement, police said Yumnu's family was not cooperating with the police investigation. They noted that two policemen, including a medical doctor, were in Malaysia since Yumnu was evacuated for her treatment.
"We note that the injured woman's family had not cooperated with the police investigation despite our repeated attempts to date. No information regarding the medical condition of the injured woman has been shared with the police so far, even when she was transferred from the hospital where she was being treated in Malaysia," the statement read.
Yumnu was evacuated to Malaysia on April 26. On the night of May 8, Yumnu's sister appeared on TV channels and announced that she had spoken to the family about the incident.
"The incident that happened in that house, whatever happened, Yumnu herself has said, she did not do it on her own. She did not fall on her own," she said.
"There were four more people besides Raudh."
Raudh Ahmed Zilal, who was the only person under police custody, was released earlier today.
The court issued an arrest warrant for Raudh on April 18, but police did not detain him, although he tested positive for cannabis at the time of the initial questioning. He was arrested six days later with a second warrant after public outrage.
Raudh was arrested on charges of being intoxicated at the time of the incident, his alleged involvement in Yumnu's fall and sexual assault. Police also believe he can destroy evidence if released from custody.
However, police later dropped charges of threatening injury by reckless conduct and sexual exploitation against him.
Yumnu also told the family that she had previously visited Henveiru Fentenoy house. Police believe she fell from a ninth-floor window in the stairwell of the house.
She also said that on the night of the incident on April 18, she had gone to the house on the invitation of Yoosuf Yassar Abdul Ghafoor.
According to police, Yumnu had been at a "drug-fueled party" with Yassar and seven others at another house before the incident.
The party was at Transport Minister Mohamed Ameen's house. Police later said they could not get video footage from the house because the cameras were broken.
The group had left the house later that night and four people went to Henveiru Kashiveli house connected to Yassar. They left that house about ten minutes later.
A few minutes later, Yumnu and Raudh Ahmed Zilal were seen on CCTV entering Fentenoy house. Video footage from inside the house shows them in the stairwell.
There have been accusations of police lying to Yumnu's family, tampering with video footage and victim-blaming to cover up the case because it involved relatives of politically influential and wealthy figures.
Raudh, who left the scene and did not report to authorities after Yumnu's fall, was not arrested despite testing positive for cannabis. None of the others who attended the "drug-fueled party" had also been arrested.
Yumnu was found with multiple life-threatening injuries on the roof of a warehouse next to Fentenoy house, nearly three hours after her fall.
