DAMMAM, 26 May — A Saudi woman was sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term and SR10,000 fine for forging official documents to travel abroad. Immigration officials at the King Fahd International Airport in Dammam stopped the woman while she was leaving for Egypt using a forged travel permit.
Investigations proved that the woman had obtained the forged document through a female “agent” named Umm Abdul Rahman, known in the women’s circles for arranging such “official documents”.
The accused admitted that she had met Umm Abdul Rahman and told her about her intention to visit the United Arab Emirates. She said the latter had obtained a permit to travel without a male companion a few days later.
The woman, however, insisted that she did not realize the travel paper was forged as it was affixed with a stamp of the passport office in Alkhobar. She also claimed that she had not paid any money to the agent. The prosecution had charged her with complicity in forging official documents.
The Court of Grievances in the Eastern Province sentenced her to a one-year suspended jail term on the grounds that the woman had no criminal intentions and that she had involved in the act without knowing its consequences. The court also noted that the woman, a divorced mother of six, had no criminal record.
Meanwhile, security officers in Dammam have mounted a search for expatriate eunuchs, who belonged to an Asian country, after receiving reports of their involvement in illegal sexual activities. An informed source told Al-Watan daily that most expatriate eunuchs, who work at saloons for men, attract clients through immoral practices. Security officers have already arrested a number of such eunuchs in various parts of the Kingdom.
