Abuse of authority by a police officer
In Kuwait, the following scenario is far too common. After a dispute between two individuals, one of them has a relative or a friend police officer and asked for is assistance as a scare tactic or simply to seek personal revenge. Normally, when this happens, no case has been filed, there are no records of arrest and the police officer works for a police station that had no jurisdiction over this particular issue. The following article is a fine example of this.
Filipino national beaten by police officer
The Daily Star, Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Filipino national beaten by police officer
The Daily Star, Tuesday, January 10, 2006
By Ricky (Amir) Laxa
KUWAIT: A Filipina national complained to the Daily Star that a Salmiya police officer came to her place of work and demanded that she go with him to the police station. The Filipina national called her employer through her mobile, but the officer refused to speak to the employer and instead hung up the phone. Since she refused to go willingly with the police officer, she was beaten and dragged from the shop before being forced to go to the police station. She was later released, but was gravely threatened.
The Filipina national explained to the Daily Star that she is married to an Egyptian national and that she accuses her husband and his family for the incident. She explained that she and her husband have had escalating problems since a phone conversation where her husband was not pleased with her tone of voice.
The conversation led to a break on which there was an argument of who was to vacate their flat. Her husband refused to stay with relatives and demanded that she vacate their flat immediately. He also would not allow her to take any of her property except her own clothes. The Filipina explained that she was responsible for buying all the electrical items and several other properties and thus should have been allowed to take them. While her husband was gone, she changed the lock on the front door and refused to give the new key to her husband until she can find her own place. This, she said, led to numerous threatening calls from her husband and a police officer who happened to be married to a sister of her husband.
After the beating, she immediately rushed to the hospital to secure medical records and later filed a complaint with the officer's police station; instead, she was given a warning that nothing will happen to her case because her husband knows influential authorities within the station. The case has been reported and filed at the Philippine Embassy and proper procedures are being done to ensure that she receives legal attention.
KUWAIT: A Filipina national complained to the Daily Star that a Salmiya police officer came to her place of work and demanded that she go with him to the police station. The Filipina national called her employer through her mobile, but the officer refused to speak to the employer and instead hung up the phone. Since she refused to go willingly with the police officer, she was beaten and dragged from the shop before being forced to go to the police station. She was later released, but was gravely threatened.
The Filipina national explained to the Daily Star that she is married to an Egyptian national and that she accuses her husband and his family for the incident. She explained that she and her husband have had escalating problems since a phone conversation where her husband was not pleased with her tone of voice.
The conversation led to a break on which there was an argument of who was to vacate their flat. Her husband refused to stay with relatives and demanded that she vacate their flat immediately. He also would not allow her to take any of her property except her own clothes. The Filipina explained that she was responsible for buying all the electrical items and several other properties and thus should have been allowed to take them. While her husband was gone, she changed the lock on the front door and refused to give the new key to her husband until she can find her own place. This, she said, led to numerous threatening calls from her husband and a police officer who happened to be married to a sister of her husband.
After the beating, she immediately rushed to the hospital to secure medical records and later filed a complaint with the officer's police station; instead, she was given a warning that nothing will happen to her case because her husband knows influential authorities within the station. The case has been reported and filed at the Philippine Embassy and proper procedures are being done to ensure that she receives legal attention.
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