Traffic Officials Target of Gibes

MAKKAH, 2 April 2006 — University students and onlookers had a laugh at the expense of traffic police, the daily Okaz reported, when the students performed a play lampooning the authorities of the road. The subject of a play performed at Umm Al-Qura University was the sorry state of holding cells and the methods used to round up traffic violators. Some of the traffic officials in the audience were reportedly publicly embarrassed, especially considering the presence of colleagues from other government departments.