UAE | Crime
Dubai policeman, immigration officer acquitted in bribery case
They were acquitted in a Dh55,000 bribery case due to uncorroborated evidence
- By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
- Published: 00:00 March 16, 2010
Dubai: A court has acquitted a policeman and an immigration officer in a Dh55,000 bribery case due to uncorroborated evidence.
The Dubai Court of First Instance acquitted the 23-year-old Yemeni policeman of bribing the 32-year-old Emirati immigration officer with Dh55,000 to allow the policeman's wife, an Iraqi, to enter the country illegally after she was deported [following her serving a year's jail sentence for prostitution].
Presiding Judge Al Saeed Mohammad Barghout, who pronounced the verdict, jailed the woman for three months followed by deportation.
Prosecutors accused 23-year-old M.S. and his wife, T.M., of paying off 32-year-old M.K. Both men pleaded not guilty.
According to the arraignment sheet, M.K. was charged with abusing his position as a first sergeant at the eye-scan section of the Department of Residency and Foreigner Affairs at Dubai International Airport by asking for Dh55,000 from M.S. and his wife T.M.
M.K. was also accused of misusing a government department stamp on T.M.'s travel documents.
T.M. was charged with entering the country illegally. She had failed to appear in court as she was deported on October 1.
Prosecution records cited M.K. admitting that he met the married couple in Syria and agreed to help get T.M. into the UAE illegally.
The primary judgment is subject to appeal within 15 days.
The wife had been sentenced to one year in jail followed by deportation, after a court in Sharjah convicted her of working in the sex industry.
Community Reports
-
Mirror, mirror show me the way
Driver on Salam Street had so many boxes and fruits piled into car, he would not be able to view rear or right side mirrors
-
Parents should be more vigilant
Reader's picture highlights risk of negligence by caretakers
-
Warming up to ‘Mobilise the Earth' theme
Dubai school dedicates a whole week to celebrating Earth Day with can-collection drives, sapling plantation and painting competition among others
-
Drivers using mobiles put others' lives at risk
Speeding is dangerous for the driver and other motorists
Latest news
- Youngsters dance and raise cash for charity
- Dubai departments upgrade services
- Get yourself a free test for diabetes
- Ensuring a safety net for intellectual property
- Reader's issue addressed
- 5,552 illegals held in Dubai this year
- Man cleared because he took drugs in France
- Man charged with trafficking women
- Auditors to probe Mizin graft case
- Transfusion centre launches new toll free number
- Mirror, mirror show me the way
- Last minute ID rush is on
- Breaking down cultural barriers with photographs
- Car seats for children: Unsafe at any speed
- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince visits Islamic centre
