{"id":2307,"date":"2018-12-14T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/uae-man-jailed-for-calling-fiancee-idiot\/"},"modified":"2018-12-14T12:22:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T12:22:00","slug":"uae-man-jailed-for-calling-fiancee-idiot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/latest\/uae-man-jailed-for-calling-fiancee-idiot\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other News: A UAE Man Has Been Jailed (And Fined) For Calling His Fianc\u00e9e &#8220;Idiot&#8221; On WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Residents who aren&#8217;t familiar with the UAE&#8217;s strict cybercrime laws&#8230;.let this be a reminder!<\/p>\n<p>An Abu Dhabi court recently sentenced a young GCC national for 60 days in jail and fined him AED20,000.<\/p>\n<p>His crime?<\/p>\n<p>The man had sent his fianc\u00e9e a message calling her an &#8216;idiot&#8217; (<em>habla<\/em> in Arabic) on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emaratalyoum.com\/local-section\/accidents\/2018-12-10-1.1162163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emarat Al Youm<\/a>, the man claimed in court that he used the word in a joking manner, but the woman took it as an insult and filed a court complaint against him.<\/p>\n<h3>Sending anything offensive on social media is considered a cybercrime in the UAE<\/h3>\n<p>You can be jailed and fined AED250,000 up to AED1 million for offending anybody in the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents who aren&#8217;t familiar with the UAE&#8217;s strict cybercrime laws&#8230;.let this be a reminder! 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