DUBAI may be one of the most-visited cities in the Middle East, but it’s a place where you have to watch your step.
An Australian man claimed he was tortured and forced by police to admit his alleged participation in a jewellery shop break-in in Dubai, reported newspaper Gulf Today last week.
The 32-year-old S.H. denied his involvement in the 11 million dirhams (S$3.9 million) burglary last July, saying that the charges were “wrong, groundless and unfounded”.
The Australian and a man from Afghanistan were sentenced to three years’ jail last month for keeping the stolen gold with them.
Former Australian soldier Sun McKay, 32, was arrested for allegedly swearing at an airport policeman in Dubai last month.
Mr McKay said he later apologised, but was taken to a room and interrogated for three hours, reported news.com.au.
His passport was confiscated and he is barred from leaving Dubai as he awaits trial on charges of using insulting and inappropriate language to a police officer.
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