http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article28543.ece
Homosexual-cum-impostor cop sentenced to jail, lashes By RIMA AL-MUKHTAR | ARAB NEWS Published: Mar 11, 2010 00:21 Updated: Mar 11, 2010 00:43 JEDDAH: A 27-year-old man who was arrested in January on three charges, including homosexuality, was sentenced to one year in prison and 1,000 lashes and fined SR5,000, local media reported on Wednesday. The man, who has not been named by officials, was arrested in January after a video was widely viewed locally. Rumors began circulating as to the origins of the video and the background of the man depicted in it, causing local police to release a statement this week confirming the arrest. The video depicts a man with long hair dressed in a police uniform flirting with the man filming him. He asks for the cameraman's driver's license, then demands "physical comfort" after saying the license is expired. At one point the man displays a firearm. Toward the end of the two-and-a-half minute clip, the man begins to partially undress and rub his chest to the sound of club music emanating from the car stereo. He was charged with impersonating a police officer, committing a "general security" offense and being homosexual. The man had previously been charged with homosexuality and was sentenced to counseling and memorizing a chapter of the Qur'an. One newspaper interviewed the man's father, who claims his son is mentally unstable and was seduced by his friend to perform for the camera. The father was unaware of the video before his son was arrested. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
