UAE Man Jailed For Jokingly Calling Fiancee 'Idiot' In WhatsApp Message
Thursday, December 13, 2018 IST
He claims he used the word in jest, but his fiancee took offence
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.
Related Topics
Related News & Articles
The husband cooked for his wife sometimes but the woman complained that her life had turned 'hell' because her husband was too kind and there were no disp...
Recently posted . 596 views . 2 min read
In the 1960s virtual reality (VR) was introduced to the world, and by the 1980s they had a very exclusive group of people who could purchase the technology, with he...
Recently posted . 1K views . 4 min read
Named "Email Threat Isolation", the solution helps protect users against spear phishing, credential theft, account takeover and ransomware attacks, the ...
Recently posted . 781 views . 2 min read
Her blood, she says, is “warrior blood." But Nemonte Nenquimo’s battleground is the courtroom and she fights with facts.
Recently posted . 1K views . 1 min read
When it comes to online shopping, we spend hours on our favorite websites and then there comes the wait: waiting for the parcel to arrive. So much time is spent ima...
Recently posted . 668 views . 2 min read
Trending News & Articles
ALMATY: Hour upon hour, day upon day, Omir Bekali and other detainees in far western China's new indoctrination camps had to disavow the...
Recently posted . 210K views . 1 min read
If you have payed attention to the belly buttons of people on the beach or the members of your family, you have probably noticed that they have different shapes and...
Recently posted . 10K views . 2 min read
The Langya henipavirus has a place with a similar group of infections, including Nipah, which is known to kill up to 3/4 of people in extreme cases.
Recently posted . 5K views . 1 min read
Queen's death: The eldest of her four children, Charles, Prince of Wales, who at 73 was the oldest heir apparent in British history, became king immediately...
Recently posted . 5K views . 1 min read
More in Global
Veteran Bollywood performing artist Om Puri passed on of a heart attack Friday morning.
He was 66.
Om Puri was an adaptable performer who exce...
Recently posted. 792 views . 14 min read
The site said it would not allow videos that featured "pranks with a perceived danger of serious physical injury".
Recently posted. 787 views . 1 min read
These are "the oldest and most immovable sections of rock that lie beneath the center of most continental tectonic plates," explained MIT in a statement.<...
Recently posted. 861 views . 1 min read
Recently posted . 849 views
Recently posted . 840 views
Recently posted . 2K views
Recently posted . 2K views
Recently posted . 3K views . 99 min read
Recently posted . 3K views . 140 min read
Let go of your past and never allow it to stop you from living the beautiful life that’s ahead of you.
Recently posted. 741 views . 1 min read
In a video that has gone viral, Pakistani pop singer Rabi Pirzada, has shared a video of herself threatening India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the revocat...
Recently posted. 840 views . 1 min read