Ajman police arrest photographer and publisher of pictures and videos of the murder of two young men in Ajman

The General Directorate of Ajman police arrested a photographer and publisher of pictures and videos of the murder that killed two young Emirati men in their twenties on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Street last Saturday.

Maj. Gen. Mohammed bin Yafour al-Ghafli, Acting Director of Criminal Investigations and Investigation Department at Ajman Police, said that the men of investigation began immediately after the spread of the photographs and video clips of the crime scene in the follow-up process to identify the perpetrator. Within an hour, Year), which filmed the site of the event and posted videos and photos in social networking sites, with the aim of showing the patrols and the police in the performance of tasks, with a voice commentary to describe the accident and the injured and the quality of the injuries, without respect for the privacy of individuals and security secrecy, and without taking into account the laws of cybercrime,Community and provoke debate among users of channels of communication.

Maj. Gen. Mohammed al-Ghafli admitted that during the preliminary investigation, the defendant admitted that he photographed the scene of the crime from his vehicle while passing by the police patrols while performing its duties in the crime scene and publishing the pictures and videotapes. "Violation of privacy using an information technology means", in accordance with Article 21 of the Anti-Crimes Law No. (5) of 2012, which stipulates that "a penalty of not less than six months imprisonment and a fine of not less than one hundred and fifty thousand dirhams And not exceeding five hundred thousand dirhams or one of these two penalties Use an information network, an electronic information system, or an information technology device to attack the privacy of a person other than those authorized by law in one of the following ways: 1. Overheard, intercept, record, transmit, broadcast or disclose conversations, 2. Take photographs of others, set up, transfer, detect, copy or hold electronic images. 3. Post news, photographs, photographs, views, comments, data or information, even if they are true and true. "

The Acting Director of Investigations and Criminal Investigation Department stated that the security services in the state have repeatedly declared and prohibited the portrayal of incidents, whether traffic or criminal, or dissemination of information about them, or portraying others without their knowledge and authorization and publishing to defame them, calling on the public to respect and take into account the privacy of individuals and confidentiality of security issues , Stop the redeployment of all security concerns and lead to confusion of society and stir up public opinion, with the need to verify the news from its official sources only, in order to maintain security stability and reassure the community.