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UAE Man Fined, Jailed For Calling His Fiancee 'Idiot' In WhatsApp Message

IANS, 22 Dec, 2018 04:10 AM

    A man in Abu Dhabi has been fined 20,000 dirhams and sentenced to 60 days in jail for calling his fiancee 'idiot' over a WhatsApp message.


    According to Khaleej Times, the unnamed man sent his fiancee a message and referred to her as an idiot (habla in Arabic). Though he claims he used the word in jest, his fiancee took offence and filed a case against him.


    This is one of the several cases filed in the country over a situation where one person says something jokingly but another takes it seriously.


    Legal adviser Hassan al-Riyami explained to Emarat Al Youm that under the law sending anything of an offensive nature on social media is considered a cybercrime.


    That's exactly what happened to this man, who paid for his joke with a prison sentence and a fine of approximately Rs. 4 lakhs!


    This is not the first time that someone has been jailed in UAE for a text message. According to the Sun, in January this year, a British citizen in Dubai was arrested and jailed for sending his car dealer an angry text message.

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