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Thursday 15 October 2009 (26 Shawwal 1430)
Trial of woman journalist adjourned
Arab News
JEDDAH: A Saudi woman journalist on Wednesday denied involvement in the
preparation of LBC's "Bold Red Line" program in which a man appeared last July
and boasted about his sex exploits.
The Prosecution and Investigation Commission (PIC) last Monday handed the
woman journalist a list of charges against her which included involvement in
the preparation of the program and its subject, coordination with the braggart
Mazen Abdul Jawad openly on a satellite channel and advertising the episode on
the Internet to attract a large number of viewers.
Sources close to the summary court in Jeddah told Arab News that the
defendant categorically denied the charges, claiming she was only a part-time
employee at the Lebanese channel and asked the presiding judge to postpone the
trial until Saturday in order to be able to present evidence proving her
innocence. The judge agreed to the request.
The court asked the police to forcibly bring the two Saudi women
journalists accused of being involved in the incident after they refused to
show up to 10 sessions the court held in the case against Abdul Jawad and three
other accomplices.
The other journalist who worked in the Riyadh office of LBC refused to
appear before the court.
The court has already sentenced the sex braggart to five years
imprisonment and 1,000 lashes. He was also prevented from traveling abroad
while in jail, and the car and mobile phone that he used to pick up girls were
confiscated.
His three other accomplices were given three years in jail in addition to
300 lashes to be applied in installments.
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