Abu Dhabi: The State Security Circuit of the Supreme Federal Court on Monday adjourned two cases in which an Emirati and a citizen from an Arab country are accused of spying for a foreign country to March 9 and March 23 for hearing from prosecution witnesses.
The court also adjourned to March 30 the case against five citizens of Gulf countries and one Emirati who are accused of insulting UAE leaders on social networking sites.
The hearing was presided over by Judge Falah Al Hajri.
In the first case in which a 43-year-old Emirati is accused of spying, judge Al Hajiri ordered the re-hearing of witness Hamad Ebrahim Jasem and listening to his arguments about unclear points regarding the Emirati accused of spying for a foreign country.
The judge set March 9 for hearing of witnesses before the court issues its ruling.
The second case involves a 46-year-old Arab man, identified ad M.Kh.S., who has been accused by the State Security Prosecution of spying for a foreign country to inflict harm on the state’s security. The prosecution accused him of exploiting his electronic store for carrying out hostile actions against a friendly country. The Arab suspect imported electronic chips containing electric circuits used for military purposes, and also imported voice analysis devices that are only used by security and military authorities.
The prosecution also accused him of lying and claiming that he imported the devices for two government bodies in the UAE — a Sharjah-based university and a national petroleum company.
The accused forged documents, stamps and official papers related to the two government bodies and added information, signatures and forged stamps to these documents before exporting these to an Arab country, which would harm the country’s security and stability.
The prosecution said in its arguments that the accused has violated articles 44, 45, 47, 82, 121, 166, 216 and 217 of the UAE Criminal Law and articles 1, 53 and 64 of Federal Law No 3 of 2009 on weapons, ammunitions and explosives. The Arab defendant is also accused of violating Federal Law No 12 of 2008 on commodities that are subject to import and export control.
In the third case, the Emirati suspect, identified as H.H., was present, while the five Gulf citizens are at large. During the hearing, the Emirati asked the court to allow him to call his family in order to depute a lawyer for him.
The State Security Court has contacted the Gulf embassy of the country to which the five suspects belong and reported their escape to take action to bring them to the next hearing.
