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| Saudi official jailed 25 years, to get 2000 lashes for holding parties | |
| 2012-12-19 | |
A Saudi official appears to have paid a heavy price for staging "unethical parties" at his department, with a court in the Gulf Kingdom sentencing him to 25 years in jail and ordering him lashed 2,000 times in public.
Newspapers said the court also fined the official SR200,000 and banned him from travelling outside Saudi Arabia during that period. "He will be lashed in three batches after Friday's prayers at the place where he committed his crimes in front of people," Alsaudeh daily said. It said the court also sentenced his aide to 15 years in jail, 1,500 lashes and travel ban, adding that the judge issued a recommendation the two would not benefit from any future pardon. The paper described it as a reduced sentence as the prosecutor had demanded the death penalty against the two. "The two were found guilty of engaging in obscene acts, including staging unethical parties, using drugs and extorting other officials. They had also invited officials and other people to practice sodomy," it said. | |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Can somebody actually survive 2,000 lashes??? Sounds pretty much like a death sentence right there. They are really trying super hard to make an example of this guy. |
| Posted by: Raider 2012-12-19 14:40 |
| #1 It's not easy to be as cool as Silvio Berlusconi. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-12-19 14:16 |