RIYADH, 18 January — Riyadh Governor Prince Salman ordered the flogging of four youths who harassed picnickers last weekend in Al-Thamama area in Riyadh.
During the period between Jan. 1 and 15, a special committee comprising representatives of the governorate, the public prosecution and investigations department, the police and the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, arrested and flogged 39 youths —including 11 expatriates — for harassing girls in front of girls’ schools, women’s colleges and public parks, Al-Riyadh newspaper reported yesterday.
The punishments were executed at various police stations across the city. The committee has also warned the youths that if they repeated the violations they would be jailed after being flogged.
