Vice Cops Arrest Filipino Nurse, Male Colleague at Restaurant
Raid Qusti; 1/5/08
The Philippine Embassy is trying to gain access to a Filipino nurse who was arrested by members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice on Monday evening for being with a male colleague at a restaurant. Commission members arrested Abigail Valdez, a nurse who works at the Riyadh Military Hospital, on charges of “immorality.” Valdez is being held at Al-Malaz Prison. Philippine Ambassador Antonio P. Villamor told Arab News that he had sent officials from the embassy’s Assistance to Nationals Section (ANS) to the prison. According to Vice Consul Gerardo P. Abiog, who is in charge of ANS, the embassy was denied access.
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Vice Commission, Womens Rights