By Loubna Flah
Morocco world news
Casablanca, July 17, 2013
A video showing an official Emirati beating a driver of Asian origin with his "agal" and punching him due to a minor accident, going viral on social media and through mobile software like what is app.
The emirati official has been arrested in connection with the attack, said major general Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Deputy Chief of the Dubai Police.
Gen. Al Mazeina said the acts shown in the video were not representative of the culture in the UAE and tradition and that despite the aggressor assumed being a government official, "nobody is above the law."
Many emirati sentenced official violent behaviour shown in the video on social media. One of them says that talk of the official: "he also threw shame for us all." People will see this video and use it to stereotype the Arabs and the Emiratis as snobs heartless, racist. »
A case was filed against the Emirati official and other surveys will be carried out today by prosecutors.
On the other hand many people hailed emirati police closes manipulation of matter. "This shows that we do not tolerate such disgraceful behavior," said Mariam Nasser. "I hope just as the news of his arrest also spreads wide and fast that the video did.
The penal code of United Arab Emirates stipulates that any aggression that does not result in serious injury is liable to a maximum penalty of one year imprisonment and fine Dh10, 000.
The family of the arrested official has filed a complaint against the man who filmed the incident and transferred to YouTube.
The legislation on sharing video in United Arab Emirates is rather strict. Under the laws of cybercrime in the UAE, the recording of videos in public without the permission of those filmed is illicit and constitutes defamation.
“The victim simply prevented the student from cheating,” Hassan Razkane, a teacher of English from El Jadida told MWN.