Maldives coup

Title

Maldives coup

Genre

Interview

TX Date

3 Nov 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:49

Description

Interview (on the AM programme) with a British diplomat in Sri Lanka, Jack Jones, on an invasion and coup on the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean, where up to two-hundred people are feared to have died in a bloody invasion and coup. The president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is reported to have been seized by the rebels. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Jack Jones

Keywords

Political violence; AM (radio programme); Maldives; Revolution; Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

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