Imprisonment of a public official who detained a young man for the benefit of a businessman

The Dubai Criminal Court has sentenced a public employee to three years in prison, forcing an Asian visitor to sign a trustee receipt for an Asian businessman, after he took the victim in his government vehicle and carried him to the second defendant. Business three years and dimensions.

According to investigations carried out by the Dubai Public Prosecution, the businessman asked his friend (public servant) to bring the man to him using his public job, due to financial differences between the victim's father and the second defendant. He rode his public car, then carried him to his friend's company headquarters.

The victim said he was forced to sit in the back seat of the government vehicle, then transferred to a shop in the same area as the businessman. Otherwise, the employee will take him to prison.

He added that he initially refused to sign the Secretariat's receipt, stressing that he had no involvement in the financial dispute between his father and the accused.

He pointed out that the employee later took him to his room in the hotel where he resides.He asked him to hand over his precious items.He gave him five hours, chains and perfumes, estimated at 19,000 dirhams.He pointed out that he called his father and told him what happened and told him to report to the Naif police station.

A Dubai police witness said he questioned the accused public servant and said his friend was an Asian businessman who had a commercial dispute with the victim and intervened to resolve it this way.

Investigations by the Public Prosecutor's Office indicate that text messages have been exchanged between the businessman and the employee requesting the latter to check the criminal record of the victim and determine whether or not it is required.

The criminal court convicted the Asian businessman of forcing the victim to sign a custody receipt and sentenced him to three years in prison and deportation.He also sentenced the public official to disclose public secrets, illegally arrest the victim, and referred him to the Misdemeanor Court for trial on other charges.