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Saudi king scraps flogging for woman journalist
Information Ministry spokesman says King Abdullah ordered that the 60 lashes sentence for Rozanna Al Yami be dropped.
- AP
- Published: 14:48 October 26, 2009
Riyadh: The Saudi king has waived the lashing punishment for a Saudi female journalist charged with involvement in a TV sex show.
The Information Ministry spokesman on Monday says King Abdullah ordered that the 60 lashes sentence for Rozanna al-Yami be dropped.
She was charged with involvement in a TV show in which a Saudi man publicly talked about sex, a taboo subject in the ultraconservative country.
Al Yami, who has denied the charges against her, is believed to be the first woman Saudi journalist to get a flogging punishment.
Spokesman Abdul-Rahman al-Hazza says the king ordered her case and that of another woman journalist - also accused of involvement in the program - be referred to an Information Ministry committee.
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