Dubai: An Asian woman will stand trial in court on the charges of verbally insulting a Dubai Airports’ employee and threatening to post his photo on social media.
The woman violated the man’s privacy by unlawfully taking a photo of him and threatening to post it on social media, Dubai Prosecution said on Tuesday.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the prosecution said the woman was charged with insulting a public officer as he was carrying out his duties, and violating a person’s privacy using information technology.
The incident happened when the woman approached an airport employee with a problem between her and an airline.
The employee told the woman that they are not the authority concerned to handle this issue, and called another employee to help her. The second employee tried to help her out, but they could not reach a solution that satisfied her, which made her angrier.
The woman then lashed out and used abusive language and took out her phone pointing it at the two employees. She threatened to post the photo on Facebook.
During investigation, the woman confessed that she lost control of her temper due to the issue she had with the airline and that she went back to the victim — who had nothing to do with the issue — and used foul language.
The prosecution urged members of the public to respect public servants and try to resolve any issues they face calmly and in a civil manner, and avoid using foul language.
Laws in the UAE protect individuals from the misuse of modern technology or other means to violate their privacy, as well as protect them from people photographing them in private places or any violation of their privacy or threat of using technology to threaten or defame.
