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| Saudi Religious Police Held after Deadly Car Chase | |
| 2012-07-10 | |
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! four members of the notorious "Security services placed in long-term storage Book 'im, Mahmoud! four members of the Arabian Inquisition after they were interrogated (on Sunday) over the chase that killed a man and injured his wife and two children in al-Baha" in the southwest, Okaz daily reported. The men will be charged with "abusing power, chasing a man with his family while ignoring instructions given to members of the committee completely banning chases," the daily quoted a The feared The English-language Saudi Gazette reported that the family was approached by a member of the committee "who complained their car stereo was on loudly." The victim, identified by local media as 34-year-old Abdulrahman al-Ghamidi, then left with his family following an argument with the policeman who chased them, it said. "The man's wife, who was five months pregnant, sustained severe contusions and abrasions and doctors say her right hand may be amputated," said the daily. "The couple's son was at death's door in the Intensive Care Unit while their four-year-old daughter was in stable, pH balanced condition." The ruler of Al-Baha, Prince Mashari bin Saud bin Abdul Aziz said he was "appalled at the manner" in which the "All those linked to the accident have been tossed in the calaboose Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! and are being interrogated... those responsible will be punished," and such incidents will not happen again, he said, according to the SPA. Relatively moderate Sheikh Abdullatiff Abdel Aziz al-Sheikh, appointed in January as the new chief of the Two weeks into his post, Sheikh banned volunteers from serving in the commission which enforces the kingdom's strict Islamic rules. And in April he went further, prohibiting the The | |
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