According to this Saudi Gazette article, the Saudi religious police continue making things more difficult for themselves. Here, a Chevy Suburban operated by the Commission, traveling against traffic on a one-way street, collided with another car and injured the driver of that car. Police are investigating whether charges should be brought against the driver of the Commission’s vehicle.
Commission Men Run over Man’s Car
Khaled Al-ShallahiIn the latest episode of excesses by officers of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, a man was injured in Madina when an SUV belonging to the commission crashed into his car while going the wrong way at high speed at noon on Wednesday.
The front of [the car owned by] Suhail Safar, a 25-year-old newly-wed, was completely smashed in. A Red Crescent ambulance rushed Safar to Madina’s King Fahd Hospital after he sustained injuries in his right leg.
The commission’s GMC Suburban sustained damages to its right front fender and tire. “I was driving home after the morning shift at the mall where I work,” said Safar. “As I turned into the main road, I was blindsided by the commission’s GMC, which was going the wrong way when it crashed into the front of my car.”
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June:09:2007 - 11:46
It is said that “Police are investigating whether charges should be brought against the driver of the Commission’s vehicle.”
But, anyone driving a car the wrong way and causing an accident would be expected to be charged with a number of things by the police, according to the law.
If the members of the Commission are above the law, that means that there are two States coexisting in Saudi Arabia: that of the citizens, and that of the Commission.
Is there any official text in Saudi Arabia that exempts members of the Commission from the application of the law to their deeds ?