Maldivians vote out pro-China president by wide margin

Opposition candidate Solih's anti-corruption message trumps Yameen's economic record

Maldivian opposition figure Ibrahim Mohamed Solih speaks to the media at the end of the presidential election in Male.

MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR, Asia regional correspondent

September 25, 2018 02:30 JST

BANGKOK -- Maldivians are waking up to political change after opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih staged a surprise victory over incumbent strongman Abdulla Yameen to become the next president of a tiny island nation caught in a rivalry between China and India.