Keep handcuffs out of your luggage
From CNN
UAE judge jails American for 30 days for possessing handcuffs
(CNN) -- A judge in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday sentenced an American to one month in jail for being in possession of police handcuffs, his lawyer said.
The judge's ruling brings to an end a case that was the focal point of a grassroots writing campaign organized via Facebook. Nearly 2,000 people wrote letters to the UAE's ambassador to the United States on Foster's behalf, demanding his release.
Foster faced up to seven years in prison on charges of theft of government property, possession of police paraphernalia and theft at night. Officials in the UAE did not responded to multiple requests by CNN for comment.
Investigators claim Foster stole a pair of official police handcuffs during questioning in an unrelated matter at a Dubai police station the night before he was due to leave the city, according to his attorney, Hammad.
Foster, who was on his way home after a six-week stint as a contractor for Dubai Energy Water Authority, was arrested after authorities found the handcuffs in his luggage during a routine security screening at the Dubai airport.
After hours of maintaining his innocence during police questioning, he was beaten and forced to confess, Foster said.
He claims he was told to take off his shoes and socks, and handcuffed to a chair while one of two officers used a coil to whip the bottom of his feet. He also said he was punched in the face.
Foster said he then signed a confession written in Arabic.
Foster said he recanted his confession after he was released from jail.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/05/19/uae.american.detained/index.ht...
Nor is it here ;-)
The funny thing is that sattelite ISP connection is not censored .......
And I suspect every expat has a VPN.
Mystic for porno sites Isp itself block the content.
Porn sites are blocked and yes, they can track your IP address :o)
In Dubai police stations, the cops generally don't hit. The day the criminal case is lodged, the state prosecutor with his team would write a confession in arabic as narrated by the concerned cops during the arrest. Before the suspect is taken to court, he is taken to the state prosecutor and there he is harshly interrogated, tortured and forced to accept whats written in the arabic confession note.
the above was told to me by one of my acquaintance who was picked up by Dubai police from his car back seat. Some local had complained that the guy regularly parked his car infront of the villa to have a chat with the indonesian maid !!!
Brit what about the porn websites? Do they track your ip address or something loll
Reminds me of a case with a colleague in Saudi. He went to thailand on R&R. On returning to riyadh airport, he was searched and they found a photo of a nake lady in his bag.
He said it was his girl friend, but they still prosecuted him for carrying porn ;o)
So, be very careful ...
Hmm so moral of this story is not to keep kinky souvenir in this part of the world..
LOL Brit. Last time I checked the Police used batons and steel handcuffs, not blue fuzzy ones and whips ;)
Let this be a lesson to you. Be careful what you take as a souvenir ..
No, brit. He wanted to keep some souvenirs.
Please, Please, Please get rid of the "police paraphernalia" from your apartment .. You never know who is watching :o(
LP: Is it possible that he may have stolen the handcuffs ?
What other side? The idiot cops who let him walk out with a pair of handcuffs?
cared to look at the other side of the story?
This area of the world is SICK!
Read this in the paper this morning. Nice to see stealing a pair of handcuffs potentially gets you a longer stint in jail here than murder.