Two arrested for recording and sharing video of Sheraton incident
Two people have been arrested for recording a video of the incident that happened at Sheraton Doha Saturday afternoon and sharing it on social media.
The Ministry of Interior announced the arrests on its Twitter account last night.
1-3 The Ministry of Interior arrested the accused of damaging other's property in front of Sheraton hotel #MoI_Qatar
— Ministry of Interior (@MOI_QatarEn) November 30, 20152-3 MoI also arrested other two persons who recorded video of the incident and spread through social media. #MoI_Qatar
— Ministry of Interior (@MOI_QatarEn) November 30, 20153-3 The security departments completed investigation on the incident in order to refer the case to the prosecutor's office #MoI_Qatar
— Ministry of Interior (@MOI_QatarEn) November 30, 2015The video of the incident involved a white Mercedes Benz SUV ramming into a parked Rolls Royce and damaging some hotel property before the driver is taken out of the car. The video started going viral on social media Saturday afternoon.
Qatar's cybercrime law stipulates a sentence of not more than three years in prison and a fine of not more than QR100,000, or either of these penalties, shall be imposed on any person who, through an information network or information technology technique, (i) violates social values or principles, (ii) disseminates news, photos or video or audio recordings related to the sanctity of people's private or family life, even if the same is true, or (iii) insults or slanders others.
The video had captured the number plates of both the Mercedes Benz and the damaged Rolls Royce, which is considered a violation.
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This doesnot make sense :(
what the heck???!
From the article "The video had captured the number plates of both the Mercedes Benz and the damaged Rolls Royce, which is considered a violation."
britexpat gives people the wrong ideas. I always tell ...Never indulge into the lives of others. You have no authority to share others photos or videos.
@brit, next time you record a video without the number plates and see what happens...
I think the point was that they should not have shown the car number plates
Ha, ha, ha. Ridiculous.
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So is QatarNews going to prison for publishing the photo above?
what the hell is this law? why its illeagal and punishable to post a true event to social media?
"(iii) insults or slanders others." How effective is this law?
What is the punishment who damage the another car and hotel property? Its also a violation as per law I think.
OMG and i've been saving since one year to buy a prado.