30 lashes for smoking on a plane
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30 lashes for smoking on a plane
Great story from the Saudi press -
Riyadh - A Sudanese man has been sentenced to 30 lashes for smoking on a domestic Saudi Arabian Airlines flight, local media reported on Monday. The unnamed man had refused to put out his cigarette on the flight to the Red Sea port city of Jeddah from Qurayyat in northern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Gazette said. He was arrested by police when the aircraft landed in Jeddah and sentenced to 30 lashes by a local court on Sunday. The man apologised and said he was attending clinic to help him stop smoking, according to the report.
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Saudies are always right
And to answer the question about if the sentence would have applied to a Saudi, the answer is yes, it happened twice last year...
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Mutt, I hate to disagree with you, but I have an interesting example.
I got hit from behind on King road about 6 months ago. I was stopped at the time, the SUV (driven by a Saudi) pushed my car into the car in front of me.
I had damage on both ends of my car. The Policeman let the Saudi driver go and he writes the Arabic report to say I was the one at fault.
As for the smoking.... I hope they don't start to lash the flight crews too.
I got hit from behind on King road about 6 months ago. I was stopped at the time, the SUV (driven by a Saudi) pushed my car into the car in front of me.
I had damage on both ends of my car. The Policeman let the Saudi driver go and he writes the Arabic report to say I was the one at fault.
As for the smoking.... I hope they don't start to lash the flight crews too.
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I agree Mutt, all depends on the official on the day.
I had an accident in Jeddah, crazy sudanese did a u-turn from a parked position, thought I did pretty well to get round him with only clipping his front fender, still my fault.
OTOH I was stopped leaving KSA at the causeway last year because my vehicle Police travel authorisation had expired a day earlier. Expecting to be going back to my office for a few days I was directed to the Causeway Police authority who asked me, in perfect English, where I lived and on telling him Bahrain he signed a one way approval to travel and said get it sorted. Now that was surprising.
I had an accident in Jeddah, crazy sudanese did a u-turn from a parked position, thought I did pretty well to get round him with only clipping his front fender, still my fault.
OTOH I was stopped leaving KSA at the causeway last year because my vehicle Police travel authorisation had expired a day earlier. Expecting to be going back to my office for a few days I was directed to the Causeway Police authority who asked me, in perfect English, where I lived and on telling him Bahrain he signed a one way approval to travel and said get it sorted. Now that was surprising.
