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Al-Huraisi Killing Case: Religion Coppers Deny All Charges
2007-11-07
Two members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, who are currently on trial for the alleged murder of Salman Al-Huraisi in May, denied yesterday in a second Riyadh High Court hearing that they had beaten the deceased or even took part in a raid on his house.

Yahya Al-Huraisi, the attorney representing Al-Huraisi’s family, said the defendants denied the charges after being queried by the three judges hearing the case. “I explained to the judges the entire scenario of how the commission members raided the house in May, confiscated banner items, and then began beating the deceased while he was handcuffed,” the attorney said. “The two defendants, at that point, were asked to respond to the charges. They denied any involvement, whether it was with the beating or them taking part in the raid,” he added.
"Lies! All lies!"
The attorney said the denial of the two commission members contradicted the outcome of investigations by the General Investigation and Prosecution Authority (GIPA) and the Governorate of Riyadh, which held them responsible for the manÂ’s death after the raid. He said it was now up to the judges to look into the evidence presented by the Al-Huraisi family, which includes a statement from the GIPA, as well as a copy of the official autopsy report submitted to the court.

A statement from the Governorate of Riyadh mentioned that the trial was just one of three cases currently in session regarding the death of Salman Al-Huraisi. There is another case about the “abuse of authority” by the commission, which is currently being heard in Riyadh’s Court of Grievances.

In a lower court in Riyadh, three relatives of the deceased are being tried for possession of narcotics and alcohol that was found in the house during the raid. Over 18 commission members, not including police officers, took part in the raid on Al-HuraisiÂ’s house in the Al-Uraija district of Riyadh in May. The commission members, who swooped down from the roof into the house, broke doors and searched the house extensively for alcohol.

During the process, Al-Huraisi was arrested, handcuffed and taken away in a car. Commission members found several bottles of liquor as well as sachets of narcotics in the house. They arrested all members of the family, including male and female relatives living in other apartments in the building. At the commission center, Al-Huraisi was beaten until he stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead by a medical team several hours later.
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