Heavily indebted man pawns his daughter

AL-JOUF: A Saudi man in the northern city of Tabuk pawned his three-year-old daughter to a man from Jeddah and then reported her missing to police, local newspapers said yesterday.

Police searched for the girl for three days and then became suspicious after the father failed to follow up on the case. Their suspicions increased when the girl’s mother told them that the disappearance coincided with the departure of a guest from Jeddah who stayed with the family for two days.

Police investigated the case and learned that the father pawned his daughter to his creditor, whom he owed SR20,000, as a form of guarantee that he would repay the debt.