Maldives Police Service on Monday apologized for revealing personal information of Wifag Ibrahim Adnan who fell to her death from a building in Male’ City last August.

A special press conference was held yesterday to disclose details around the death of Wifag. It is notable that Police does not usually share such details and personal information regarding such cases, especially ones ruled out as suicide.

Their press conferences comes after Channel 13 had broadcasted a documentary investigating her death in which huge allegations of sexual abuse were made against her stepfather alongside various allegations against her family.

During the press conference, Police had disclosed a lot of personal information regarding Wifag, which was met with a lot of concerns.

In response, police has stated that they believe that such sensitive information was disclosed in distasteful manner and had apologized for it.

Police said detailed information about the death was disclosed at the press conference following a media report which broadcast included untrue statements about the police and the victim's family.

The information was given after informing the family, including Wifag’s mother and father.