An Arab woman is on trial in Fujairah on charges of sending offending texts to another Arab woman, a charge she denied in court.
When the judge asked the woman if she sent those messages, she replied that she was falsely accused.
But the judge told her that she admitted to the prosecutor before trial that she sent the texts.
“She denied that she made such a confession…she asked the judge to adjourn hearings so she can appoint a lawyer to defend her in court,” the Arabic language daily Emarat Alyoum said.
The cyber crimes law stipulates a fine of Dh250,000 or a jail term of not less than three years or both.
Article 20 of the Cyber Crimes Law states that, “Without prejudice to the provisions of slander crime prescribed in Islamic Sharia, any person who insults a third party or has attributed to him/her an incident that may make him/her subject to punishment or contempt by a third party, by using an Information Network or an Information Technology Tool shall be punished by imprisonment and a fine not less than (AED250,000) and not exceeding (AED500,000) or by any of these punishments.”
