Maldives' ex-leader says he's received asylum in Britain
COLOMBO- The former president of the Maldives said Monday that he's been granted political asylum in Britain where he had traveled for medical treatment on leave from serving a prison sentence in his country.
Mohamed Nasheed, who was the Indian Ocean archipelago's first democratically elected leader, was sentenced to 13 years in prison last year for ordering the arrest of a senior judge while in office.
He traveled to Britain in January on medical leave apparently to undergo back surgery.
