JEDDAH: Saudi scholarship students in the US enjoy a good record of complying with the laws of that country, and not a single student has been identified for his/her involvement in terror activity, Mohammed Al-Issa, cultural attaché in the US, has said.

The number of violations by the scholarship students does not exceed one percent, he said during a meeting organized by the King Salman Center for Youth at the Saudi Arabian University for Culture and Arts in Jeddah recently.

The cultural attaché said the issues among Saudi scholarship students are legal, not criminal, and are not related to terrorism. Saudi students are considered the most compliant with the US law among all nationalities, according to US immigration authorities, he said.

Denying reports in a section of the media about Saudi students, Al-Issa said that during all his years in the US, he has never seen a Saudi student renouncing his faith, refusing to return to his home country or eating pork. In fact, they long for the Kingdom upon hearing the national anthem of the country at any event, he added.

Al-Issa said the cultural mission has submitted a request to increase allowances for Saudi students in the top 10 percent of top colleges in the US as these institutions require higher fees.

“We previously requested an increase in allowances for all the students, especially for students of top universities like Harvard, which have higher educational expenses.

The number of Saudi student associations has increased from 22 to 327, of which 17 are led by females, he said, adding that these clubs are spread across 237 cities in 48 states and play a major role in uniting Saudi students across the country.

As for complaints about negligence on the part of supervisors and lack of response to queries, Al-Issa said that any supervisor who violates the rules is penalized.

“We do not hesitate to terminate the contract of any supervisor who harms students and their well-being,” he added.