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JEDDAH: Police in Najran are currently questioning an Asian worker who allegedly filmed himself sexually abusing a disabled girl and stored the recordings on his computer.

The man, who works at the local comprehensive rehabilitation center, was caught by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia), said police spokesman Lt. Abdullah Eshaiwi.

The man will be questioned further before being referred to the Prosecution and Investigation Commission. He is then expected to be charged and appear in court.

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RIYADH: The General Presidency of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice is currently trying to set up a unit for cyber crimes at its headquarters.

The unit will track down any attempt to blackmail women on the Internet, a source from the Haia said on Thursday.

As a temporary arrangement the presidency has set up a committee to investigate cyber crimes at one of its offices in Riyadh. With the collaboration of some other departments, the committee has closed down many sites.

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DAMMAM – The Dammam Police and teams from the task forces and Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the Haia, recently launched the largest ever anti-crime campaign in the region targeting criminals with criminal records, wanted suspects and overstayers in Khadriya District in Dammam. The police succeeded in closing all the exits to the district and rounded up all the suspects, including four wanted Saudis. The police also recovered 14 stolen cars. They also caught 14 illegal drunken residents and 11 residents having indecent materials and pornographic films in their possession. – Okaz/SG

AFIF – A liquor distillery was found and dismantled in a deserted building here at the weekend. The distillery was found during a joint raid by police, Passports Department personnel and the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. Separately, a large number of illegal aliens and labor-law violators were arrested. Those arrested were referred to the relevant authorities. – Okaz/SG

JEDDAH: Young Saudis who took part in an open discussion with the officials of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice urged the Haia members to deal with them nicely without having preconceived negative notions about them.

The youths also emphasized that counseling is better than punishment and use of force, said Nouh bin Yahya Al-Shahri, supervisor of Prince Sultan Chair for Research on Youths and Haia Issues at King Abdulaziz University, which organized the forum.

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MAKKAH – The General Court in Makkah Sunday sentenced five Pakistanis to various jail terms ranging from three to ten years and lashes for raping a 20-year-old Burmese girl. The girl, who had a phone relationship with one of the suspects, was lured to a remote area where he and two of his friends raped and photographed her. Several days later, another man called her and claimed he was from the authorities and asked to meet her to give her the photographs, and when she did she was raped by him and one of his accomplices. The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the Haia, in Al-Rusayfa District, received a report from the girl and made a plan that ended with the arrest of the five. – Okaz/SG

ABHA – An African Arab national was arrested here Sunday for harassing a woman over the phone, and asking for her parents names on the pretext of curing her sick children through sorcery. After receiving a complaint from the woman, the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the Haia, here prepared a plan to capture the suspect. He was lured into coming to the womans house and was arrested as he started “practicing sorcery”. – Okaz/SG

MAKKAH: The Makkah General Court has jailed five Pakistani youths after it found them guilty of raping and blackmailing a Burmese woman. The court also sentenced them to lashes.

According to a police report, the woman and one of the youths were friends. On the day of the attack, he took her outside the city, claiming he wanted to give her an expensive gift. Two of his friends were waiting at the place and they raped her and took photos of her. A few days later, another youth disguised as a police detective approached her and asked her to accompany him.

He took her to two of his friends, who raped her. The woman complained to the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia). In a sting operation Haia members arrested the five men.

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RIYADH – The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Haia) held on Tuesday a five-hour workshop to discuss with 20 specialists the organizations media work.

According to Abdul Mohsen Al-Qaffari, spokesman for the Haias Public Relations and Media Department, discussions centered on the Haias daily performance, how to address its audience and present a positive image to reflect the “social interaction in which the organization has recently been engaging”. A range of proposals were also heard.

“The Haia presidency is going through a period of activity and across-the-board development at the instigation of higher authorities, and its officials are serious about it,” Al-Qaffari said. “We are putting in place a strategic plan which is being drawn up by the Haia Presidency and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.”

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AL-AFLAJ – Police and the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice raided what they described as an “alcohol factory” at abandoned farmland in the east of Al-Aflaj on Sunday. The suspicions of the authorities had been aroused by unusual comings and goings at strange hours and surveillance established that three persons were running the operation. The raid uncovered large quantities of liquor and alcohol-making equipment, as well as “musical instruments”. The three suspects had already fled the scene, officials said, but their identities were known and arrests are expected shortly. – Okaz/SG