Dear Joaquim, While drafting this response, I have taken the liberty of deleting the rest of the digest which accompanied your post.
I have known Dr. Wilfred Mesquita for many years. He is indeed, a very cordial and well 'well traveled' man. Not very sure what he will be able to do wrt legal matters in the UAE. My only advice to my brothers and sisters in that part of the world, is as follows: Know why you are there and PLEASE stay clear of avoidable problems like Driving Under the Influence, and Violent acts. While you are there, save some funds, upgrade your education and skills (esp writing and communication skills) .....and then ....... leave. Not very sure that India (leave alone the NRI commissioner or Embassy) has any leverage over UAE in such matters. Just as an aside, some years ago, a first cousin of Dr. Mesquita died tragically which sitting in a parked car.....in that part of the world. A high performance car came and smashed into his parked car.The prevailing reasoning (for want of a better word) of the bystanders was that the victim (who was employed there) had NO business to be in the Dubai - (presumably) because he was a Indian. I doubt the police ever came to investigate. Even so, I wish you and your cause well. jc == On 10 June 2012 07:09, Joaquim D'souza <pisces6...@hotmail.com> wrote: Dear Misquita, Firstly congrulation on being appointed the new NRI Commissioner . We Goans in the Middle East would like to see something differnt from your end. A brief i would like to mention I had met Mr. Eduardo Falerio 4 years back and had raised a grievance about all the Goans languishing in the Jail in UAE and metioned to him that we need to get them out in discussion with the Indian Enbassy. The Reply i got for this was if they have done something wrong then let them be in the Jail. But he never asked the crime that was committed. Crimes like drunk driving, Bankruptcy, petty fights fist of anger at that movement. I would request you that we look into this cases as they are fathers to childern, Sons to the mothers who came to see that the family gets decent food and shelter but faith has put them in Jail. I would request you to kindly look in to this and i would personally like to help in this matter.