According to local media, former Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth spent the night in jail from Friday to Saturday.
His party lost every seat in parliament after he tried to prevent social media from disclosing how he was operating as president.
The internet outrage occurred when a Mauritius-based company, a partner of this publication, tried to livestream its African Tourism Investment summit from London, which took place a night before the World Travel Market.
After eTurboNews published a story on how the sudden ban on internet access endangered visitors, the opposition leader at that time and the current president showed the eTN article on national TV.
This resulted in visitors in Mauritius being able to post their tropical beach photos and vacation memories from this Southern Indian Ocean island again a day later. Mauritius reversed its decision after the eTN article was showcased to block social media after a wire-tapping scandal made headlines in this Island republic.