JEDDAH: The Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice arrested a 28-year-old Saudi in a sting operation in Al-Bawadi district in Jeddah on charges he committed homosexual acts and posted his violations on the Internet.
“The youth used to attract teenagers to him and tempt them to commit immoral acts. He also recorded his acts and uploaded them on the Internet,” spokesman of commission’s Makkah province branch Salem Al-Sarawani told Arab News on Monday. “The commission has been striving to locate the man over the past two years but only recently could identify him and arrest him.”
The commission arranged a sting operation with a teenager who had got a message to join the man at a well-known hotel in Al-Bawadi. The commission arrested the man at the hotel.
The official added that the commission has been seeking the help of various universities to train its members to handle violations committed through e-mail and Internet blackmailing.
