sentences:  In 1998, 50 Maldivian Christians were arrested and held on the prison island of Dhoonidhoo, and Christian foreigners who were suspected of missionary work were also expelled from the country.The Church of South India, the Evangelical Mennonite Church and the Seventh-day Adventists are present in this country.Roman Catholics in the Maldives are covered by the Archdiocese of Colombo.