Dubai: «Gulf»
Major General Jamal Salem Al-Jallaf, Director of the General Department of Investigations and Criminal Investigations in Dubai Police, confirmed that the “Fight Begging” campaign managed, during the first half of the blessed month of Ramadan, to arrest 116 beggars, including 59 males and 57 females, and seized sums of money they collected from them. By claiming the need, to win over members of society.
Major General Al-Jallaf stressed that beggars take advantage of the holy month of Ramadan and religious feelings in order to collect money illegally, so they deceive people and take advantage of the feelings of those who fast in the holy month, explaining that one of the cases that the Dubai Police arrested belonged to two brothers married to two sisters, and one of them had a child.
He added that the policemen caught the two brothers and their wives begging passers-by near a mosque, by performing deceitful gestures indicating that the couple suffers from a disability, contrary to the truth.
Major General Al-Jallaf emphasized the importance of not responding to the beggars of beggars, or dealing with them with feelings of pity and sympathy for their appearance, and helping the police agencies by immediately reporting any beggar who is spotted anywhere on the call center (901) or the Police Eye platform through smart applications of Dubai Police, and service ( E-Crime) to report cybercrime.
Major General Jamal Al-Jallaf explained that there are official bodies, charitable organizations and associations that anyone can turn to to request financial assistance, pointing out that there are people who justify the reason for their begging by their need for money, and this matter is illegal and punishable by the Federal Law according to Article No. 9 of 2018 regarding combating beggary and referring them. to eliminate.
In turn, Colonel Ali Salem, Director of the Infiltrators Department at the General Department of Criminal Investigations and Investigations, confirmed that the campaign to combat begging launched by the Dubai Police under the slogan “Begging is a Misconception of Compassion”, since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, continues its tasks by intensifying patrols in the expected places. beggars in it.
He stressed that the phenomenon of begging threatens the security of society and the life and property of its members, harms the image of the state, and distorts its civilized appearance.
