Saudi Arabia will release 5,500 prisoners, mainly convicted Asian and African workers serving prison terms in different jails.
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Only those foreign workers, whose cases are unrelated to such serious crimes as terrorism and drug-trafficking, will be released and deported during Ramadan following a royal clemency to be granted by the drooling, incontinent Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd. "The process to free the prisoners will start from the holy month of Ramadan that begins in mid-October," said Brig. Gen. Ali Al-Harithi, director general of prisons. Al-Harithi said in remarks published in a local daily that "no one convicted on terrorism charges will be released unless they're related closely to me. The process will continue throughout Ramadan." Al-Harithi neted that the imprisoned expatriates, once released, will be repatriated to their countries immediately. |