JEDDAH: The Prosecution and Investigation Commission (PIC) has not questioned Mazen Abdul Jawad, the Saudi man who recently bragged about his sex life on LBC’s “Red Line,” Arab News has learned. Sources at the PIC, on condition of anonymity, said all the press reports that spoke about the case being referred to the PIC by the Jeddah Summary Court were not accurate.
“According to rules, nobody will be investigated without an official complaint against him, which is carefully studied by the court and which has met all the requirements of litigation,” the source said. Once the case has fulfilled all the requirements, the defendant, his friends (which participated in the controversial segment) and LBC would be summoned.
Investigators are reportedly looking into the segment to ensure that the program’s producers didn’t dub Abdul Jawal’s speech.
Abdul Jawad had claimed that over two hours of footage was reduced to a minutes-long segment to portray him in the worst possible light. He is threatening to sue LBC.
Chairman of the Jeddah Summary Court Sheikh Abdullah Al-Othaimeen had reportedly said the accused could face capital punishment by discretion (known as a ta’azir ruling where judges may prescribe punishments commensurate with the crime at their descretion) but this sentence would only be made after the judges had collected all evidence proving that he had committed the crime of publicizing vice.
He said the complaints against the man made by many people in Jeddah would be made into a single class-action-like lawsuit.
