Ifeanyi Ibe
The arrest of a man who was seen in a video arrogantly asking that all four most expensive cars in a luxury showroom be sold to him has been ordered by the United Arab Emirates.
This report was released by the Arabian Business.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelState-run news agency, WAM said the video is a potential insult and ridicule of Emirati society and can also incite harmful public opinion of citizens.
In the viral video, an Asian man in an Emirati dress is seen attempting to buy a $545,000 car while being flanked by people carrying large sums of money.
The Federal Prosecution for Combating Rumours and Cybercrimes has ordered the detention of the man pending investigations after being accused of abusing the internet in posting exciting propaganda that stirs up public opinion and harms the public interest.
He was also charged with publishing content that was inconsistent with the media content standards and insulted Emirati society.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation at the UAE Attorney General’s Office said it monitored a social media video clip in which the defendant was seen wearing an Emirati dress inside a luxury car showroom and followed by two persons carrying what appears to be large sums of money.
The video showed the man talking with the owner of the showroom and “arrogantly” asking to buy a car valued at more than AED2m ($545,000).
According to the FBI of UAE, “He was shown distributing financial packages to the showroom employees in a way that reveals imprudence and lack of appreciation of the value of money.
“The video promotes a wrong and offensive mental image of Emirati citizens and ridicules them, and then incites and provokes public opinion, which harms the public interest.
“The Public Prosecution ordered the summoning of the owner of the car showroom in which the aforementioned video clip was filmed.”
The Public Prosecution urged social media users in the UAE to observe the legal and ethical regulations in the media content they publish and to consider societal characteristics and embedded values of the UAE society that call for moral commitment in all aspects of behaviour, to avoid falling under the force of the law.
