by an anonymous NSS Officer - posted on
MSN
group friendsofmaldives
I am an officer in the National Security Service.
NSS is a classic example of top level mismanagement of money and
human resources. Among the top level officers, there are many men of
retirement age that are entirely useless, are draining public funds
from NSS budget for all their expenses, and can be replaced by more
able people that would benefit the nation in ways these old guys can
not even imagine.
On the top we have Commander in Chief, General Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
whose leadership is a shame to all of us Maldivians, lacking in all
qualities of leadership and humanity. He uses more than half of NSS
budget for his personal security, various services and maintenance
of his palace, office and his private holiday resort. The largest
unit in NSS in terms of strength (number of men) and budget is
dedicated to his personal and family service.
Major General Ambaree Abdul Sattar (Deputy Commander in Chief)
manages the day to day activities of Ministry of Defence and
National Security according to his emotional state. Thus, if he is
sad or angry (such as when he loses an election for the Majlis) the
whole ministry comes to a standstill and nothing can be approved
from him ( the person who takes the issue to him would be
intimidated till he is the size of an ant). If he is happy (such as
when maumoon gives him a complement on his new hair cut) there is no
restriction on the budget and scope of projects that can be approved
from him, and therefore everyone is happy. He also holds the
unofficial position of Shadow Chief of Staff, who runs his office
from officers's mess. The function of this Shadow government is to
propagate the age old culture of mistrust and hate among the
officers. Here officers compete with each other to win his favour
often by telling sick jokes at the expense of their colleagues and
backbiting. This serves to create mistrust among the officers which
then is passed down to the lower ranks. It is a matter of reputation
to be present in the mess at the times when Ambaree visits the mess
no matter what duties they might have.
Brigadier Mohammad 22 Zahir (aka Inspector Gadget for his love of
showing off and boasting about his latest cell phones and other
gadgets which include Landrovers) is another insult to us. This is
the master showman in professional as well as in his personal life.
The only thing he knows how to do is to put up a show in the name of
doing something. (apart from 50% of budget spent on Gayoom's
personal affairs, 30% is used for shows, this is my estimate
including the Show element in otherwise genuine useful projects).
His ambition now is to replace Ambaree and become a minister (now
that the power triangle has been dissolved by the departure of Adam
Zahir, Ambaree is his sole enemy). 22 Controls the power to give
various benefits (apart from Defence Ministry loans) to NSS men and
women including housing, training courses abroad, promotion (this is
irrespective of whether the person is working in Police or NSS). He
uses these benefits to gain personal support for himself among the
personnel by making it appear to them as if these benefits are
personal gifts from him. Mohammad Zahir's brother, Ahmed Zahir was
responsible for building and maintenance of all NSS facilities.
Wastage of large amounts of money for appearance rather than utility
of facilities He built his house from the money diverted from these
projects and he has a lavish life style second only to his big
brother. Ahmed Zahir's personal office in Kalhuthukkalaa Koshi (KK)
is a 2 bedroom suite.
There is a confusing mess of informal organizations all through
uniformed personnel in addition to ambaree's shadow government.
Muhammad Zahir places his moles inside police (in an effort to
disrupt as well as learn about the activities of Adam Zahir). The
infamous Fusfaru now known for the responsibility of killing Evan
Naseem was one of them. There are several officers who will give
testimony in court that the beatings and torture was going on prior
to the September 2003 murder incidents and that these high level
officers knew about it and refused to do anything to stop it, and
that they rather encouraged it. If it comes to that, we will stand
against them. There are still officers who think 22 and Ambaree are
fit to lead us or that maumoon is the legitimate president of
Maldives. I call upon them (these are my friends but I am unable to
talk to them about these matters directly at the moment) to
renounce. These people have continued immoral and illegal acts for
decades. Insha Allah we will hand the country back to its people.
