Inquiry commission presents findings on Yumnu’s fall to President

The presidential commission charged with conducting an inquiry into the ninth-floor fall of a young woman from a building in Male’ back in April announced on Tuesday that they have presented their findings to President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu.

21-year-old Mariyam Yumnu was found injured on the rooftop of a warehouse in the Henveiru district of the Maldivian capital at around 07:30 am on April 18. According to the police, their investigation uncovered that she fell from a skylight in the ninth-floor stairwell of the adjacent building, H. Fentenoy, but that there was no evidence of foul play – a claim that, according to her family, Yumnu disputes.

Before her fall, Yumnu had been part of a group of at least nine individuals who were at Ma. Maandhooge Dhekunuge – the family residence of Transport Minister Mohamed Ameen - for a party, where they are believed to have possibly consumed drugs and alcohol.

The family links between the persons of interest in Yumnu’s fall and influential figures, including Ameen, and the seemingly sluggish investigation into the case has sparked allegations of a police coverup and serial protests in the Maldivian capital.

On April 27, President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu appointed a five-member presidential commission headed by Dr. Mohamed Munavvar to conduct an inquiry into the case.

In a post on X on Tuesday morning, the commission announced that they have completed the task assigned to them and submitted their final report to President Muizzu.

The Commission has completed the task assigned to it and submitted it's final report to the President.

— Inquiry Commission (@InquiryCom) June 17, 2025

The police had initially refused to name anyone else except for Yumnu. It wasn’t until six days later – on April 24 – that the police finally named eight people who had been with Yumnu in the party as persons of interest; Raudh Ahmed Zilal, 21; Izdhiyaan Mohamed Maumoon, 28; Aishath Layaaly Iqbal, 22; Yoosuf Ahmed Akram, 22; Yoosuf Yassar Abdul Ghafoor, 28; Aminath Junaina Jamsheed, 24; Hussain Hamees Ali, 28; and Ijaz Jaiz, 24.

Meanwhile, the house where the group held the party was confirmed as the family residence of Ameen, who admitted that two of his nephews – Izdhiyaan and Yoosuf Ahmed Akram - were among the group of individuals involved, but denied he knew anything about what he described as the “gathering.”

The same day, the police arrested Raudh, who had been with Yumnu in the last moments before her fall, for lack of cooperation.

On June 4, the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) charged Raudh with failure to aid a person in need under Section 618 of the Penal Code.

According to the PGO, Raudh failed to aid Yumnu despite being aware of her fall, and nor did he report the incident to any authority seeking help.

The charge carries a sentence of one month and six days in prison.

The case of Yumnu, who spent nearly three hours on the rooftop of a warehouse before a neighbor saw her and alerted the authorities, had sparked serial protests in Male’.

The police have said that both Yumnu and Raudh were heavily intoxicated at the time, and had both tested positive for narcotics. Clips of CCTV footage shared by police show Yumnu appeared to have trouble walking, and even fell down on the ground at one point.

Yumnu, who sustained serious injuries in the fall including multiple fractures, was flown to a hospital in Malaysia on April 26.

In a TV interview earlier in May, a family member said that Yumnu had told them that she did not jump from the building but was pushed. She also told her family that she was familiar with Fentenoy, and was invited to visit the residence by Yassar. She also said that there were four other people there with Raudh and herself.