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Dubai teen arrested for blackmailing 12-year-old girl
Published: March 30, 2021 11:25
Ali Al Shouk, Senior Reporter, Gulf News
A 15-year-old Arab boy asked the girl to pay money for not publishing her pictures on social media platforms.
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Dubai: Dubai Police arrested a teen for blackmailing a 12-year-old girl with her private pictures.
According to Captain Abdullah Al Shehi, Deputy Director of Cybercrime Department at Dubai Police, the 15-year-old Arab boy asked the girl to pay money for not publishing her pictures on social media platforms.
She sought help from her uncle, who alerted Dubai Police. “The girl’s family made a complaint about an unknown person threatening to defame the girl on Instagram. He created accounts on social media impersonating the girl and published some pictures. He asked for money to delete the pictures,” said Captain Al Shehi.
The girl’s family asked for help to block the fake accounts and recovering the images.
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Dubai Police identified the teen and arrested him. “His mobile phone contained pictures of the girl and conversations with the victim.”
Police said that the teen had the pictures from the victim and after she sent them, he threatened to post them unless he was paid. Police said that the Arab teen took advantage of the girl after noticing that she was afraid to inform her family.
Dubai Police warned public not to be victims of online extortion and alert police or their families. Victims can report such incidents on Dubai Police’s e-crime platform.
People who posted indecent video online arrested in Dubai
Suspects might face six months in jail and Dh5,000 fine, say Dubai Police
Published: April 03, 2021 23:22
Ali Al Shouk, Staff Reporter, Gulf News
Dubai: Dubai Police arrested a group of people who appeared in an indecent video shared online.
According to Dubai Police, a criminal case has been registered against them and they have been referred to Dubai Public Prosecution.
Dubai Police said the suspects might face six months in jail and Dh5,000 as per article 361 of the Federal Penal Code, which states: Whoever publicly appeals, sings, or engages in lewd speech or seduces others publicly into debauchery in any manner whatsoever, shall be punished by six months in prison or a Dh5,000 fine, or by either of these two penalties.
Dubai Police warns against such unacceptable behavior, which don’t reflect the values and ethics of the Emirati society.
16 expats, including 11 women, arrested for immoral acts in Oman
Oman law penalises those who publicly commit indecent acts or make indecent statements
Published: April 03, 2021 17:07
Tawfiq Nasrallah, Senior News Editor, Gulf News
Dubai: Sixteen expats, including 11 women, have been arrested in Oman for engaging in immoral acts, the Royal Oman Police announced on Twitter.
“Al Wusta Police, in cooperation with Duqm Special Task Force Police Unit, have arrested 16 expats, including 11 women, on charges of engaging in outrageous acts contrary to public morals,” the ROP said.
Legal action is being taken against them and they will be referred to public prosecution.
According to article 25 of the Omani Penal Code, whoever publicly commits indecent acts or makes indecent statements shall be punished by imprisonment for a period no less than 10 days and not exceeding 3 months, and a fine of no less 100 Omani riyals and not exceeding 300 riyals, or one of those two punishments.
Appeals court in Dubai upholds life-term on Indian salesman who raped countrywoman
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Defendant had recorded the woman in the nude before raping her
Published: April 03, 2021 11:47
Ali Al Shouk, Senior Reporter, Gulf News
Dubai: Dubai Court of Appeals has upheld a life sentence against an Indian salesman for raping a housewife inside her home and threatening her with a knife.
The court heard that a 39-year-old Indian woman had gone to drop her son to the school bus pick-up point outside her building in the Naif area of Dubai in February 2020. When she returned to her apartment, the defendant approached her from behind, put a knife to her throat and asked her to enter the apartment.
“I resisted and kicked him, but he pushed me into the bedroom,” the victim said on record. The 23-year-old Indian defendant then forced the woman to take off her clothes and recorded her naked on his mobile phone, before raping her.
“He robbed Dh200 from me and threatened to publish the video clip if I alerted the police,” the victim said about the defendant who was reportedly under the influence of alcohol.
After the incident, the woman informed her husband, who alerted the Naif Police Station. Dubai Police identified the salesman after two days of investigation.
According to a police officer, the defendant later admitted to the crime. Dubai Public Prosecution charged the defendant with rape, robbery and illegally consuming alcohol.
The verdict will be subject for appeal within 30 days.
Bangladeshi gang jailed in Dubai for ten years for forcing teen into prostitution
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Girl was brought to Dubai with the false promise of employing her as a maid
Published: April 02, 2021 11:05
Ali Al Shouk, Senior Reporter, Gulf News
Dubai: A gang of six Bangladeshis were sentenced to ten years in prison for forcing a teen into prostitution.
The Dubai Court of First Instance heard that the gang of five men and one woman had lured the 16-year-old Bangladeshi girl to come to the UAE and tried to make her work in a brothel in Al Karama area of Dubai. When she refused, the girl was raped.
Dubai Police were tipped-off about a teen being forced into prostitution and the force came to her rescue. According to records, the 36-year-old Bangladeshi woman had offered the orphaned girl a maid’s job in Dubai while two of the other defendants fudged the girl’s passport to make her look older.
Testimony
The girl was taken to an apartment by two defendants where she was told that she had to work as a prostitute. “I refused, but the woman beat me and I was raped by one of the defendants,” said the teen on record.
The teen was then taken to a different apartment where she was kept in confinement for two weeks, during which period, two other defendants raped her. “They forced me to have sex with strangers until the flat was raided by the police,” the victim said.
Dubai Police arrested the defendants who were charged with human trafficking, rape, running a brothel and facilitating prostitution.
The judges have ordered to deport the defendants after serving their jail terms. The verdict is subject to appeal within 15 days.
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Pakistan lifts weeks-long ban on TikTok over vulgar content
Published: April 03, 2021 15:13
AP
Peshawar: Pakistan’s media regulatory agency on Thursday reinstated access to the Chinese video service TikTok, after a court banned it weeks ago and urged authorities to ensure that it carried no ‘vulgar’ content.
The court in Peshawar had issued the ban on March 11 following complaints about the alleged presence of ‘immoral and indecent content’ on the popular social media app. On Thursday, after consulting with the media agency, it repealed it.
At the hearing, senior agency official Tariq Gandapur said that contact had been established with TikTok to ensure those who share obscene content are blocked. The app, owned by China’s ByteDance, has been downloaded almost 39 million times in Pakistan.
Pakistan and China are close allies in the region. Last year, Pakistan had also blocked TikTok for 10 days over the same issue.
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