UAE | Crime
Red tape 'stops security tie-up with some nations'
Dahi presented a paper titled "Police work requirements in a multicultural environment" at a conference organised at the sidelines of the four-day-long exhibition.
- By Rayeesa Absal, Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:47 March 3, 2008
Abu Dhabi: Cooperation with some countries regarding security suffers from red tape, said the Dubai Police Chief, but he refused to specify the countries.
"Sometimes we face problems with certain countries who do not lend us adequate cooperation. For instance, once we requested a European country to hand over a criminal to the UAE for legal procedure. The lawyer of the person openly said that if the man is handed over to us he may have his hands cut off in Dubai."
He was speaking at the International Security National Resilience (ISNR) Exhibition and Conference, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre yesterday.
Dahi presented a paper titled "Police work requirements in a multicultural environment" at a conference organised at the sidelines of the four-day-long exhibition.
But the truth is far from this, he said.
"Our system follows a fair and just system. We kept following the case for about three years until we succeeded".
Dahi said that similar glitches in cooperation between countries become a hindrance to the work of the security forces.
"Cooperation with some countries suffers from red tape procedures," he said. However, the UAE government does not show hesitation when a criminal is asked to be handed over, he said.
"A person who has been deported from the country has come back about 7 times, each time with a different name and passport. We have proof of this. This means the official documents of these countries are being misused. If these countries take no action then we will be forced to take names."
Isolation from security threats is very difficult or rather impossible in the age of globalisation, he noted, adding that shortening the gap between countries and minimising the threats can be done by adopting best practices.
Speaking of the multicultural environment in the country, he said, "We have hundreds of nationalities living together in our society in the UAE, which itself is a challenge to the internal security issues.
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Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Interior, inaugurated the ISNR Abu Dhabi Exhibition and Conference yesterday at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
Addressing a press conference, Shaikh Saif said the UAE had become a top destination for investments and was one of the first countries to recognise the importance of establishing programmes to ensure security of its residents.
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