Judges at Al-Huraisi Retrial Summon Two Key Witnesses
Raid Qusti; 23/4/08
Judges presiding over the retrial of two members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice charged with the murder of a bootlegger in May last year issued a court order yesterday summoning a police officer and a commission member, who took part in the raid to attend court. “The two remaining witnesses told judges that they would not attend the trial without a court order,” said Yahya Al-Huraisi, the attorney representing the family of the deceased, Salman Al-Huraisi, 28. Yahya said the two men are expected to provide details of what happened during the raid, adding that the defendants, A.A. and M.A., attended yesterday’s hearing without their attorney. Investigators from the General Investigation and Prosecution Board held the two men responsible for the death after months of investigations, which included collating testimonies from 18 commission members who participated in the raid and an autopsy report stating that Salman, who worked as a security guard, died as a result of a blow to the head, which fractured his skull.
See; http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=109225&d=23&m=4&y=2008
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Vice Commission, Violence