bianco
VIP Member
Moral of the story is - when you go to a foriegn country, don't break their laws.
And while your at it - never go to North Korea because they'll make up some faux charge to hold you on.
Never go to Saudi Arabia either.
Australia protests after expatriate flogged in Saudi Arabia (man flogged for wife's crime)
Australia protests after expatriate flogged in Saudi Arabia (man flogged for wife's crime)
UTUSAN Express ^ | March 5, 2003 | AFP
Australia protests after expatriate flogged in Saudi Arabia
SYDNEY March 5 - Australian Prime Minister John Howard lashed out Wednesday at Saudi Arabia's ``appallingly inhumane'' treatment of a middle-aged Melbourne man jailed and flogged for a crime he did not commit.
Foreign affairs officials have already protested to Saudi Arabia about its treatment of hospital technician Robert Thomas, 55, who was arrested last June and jailed for a theft allegedly committed by his Filipina wife, Lorna.
She denied a charge of stealing hospital equipment, but was convicted and, under Saudi Arabia's strict system of Islamic justice, Thomas was held to have been guilty by association.
His family in Melbourne has been told that under Saudi culture, it is considered ``inconceivable'' that a woman could commit a crime without her husband's knowledge.
Australian officials say they were both sentenced to 16 months' jail and 300 lashes, and have received their full measure of canings, 50 blows at a time in public once a fortnight for three months.
She told reporters her father is being treated ``like an animal'' for a crime allegedly committed by his wife, a nurse.
``Dad believes that Lorna did commit the crime,'' Munro said. ``He is upset, he feels betrayed and he won't be seeking to bring her home to Australia when he is released.''
Munro said she believed her father was being punished because of the current standoff in the Middle East over Iraq and anger in Islamic countries over US policy towards Baghdad, which is supported by Australia.
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Luckily, he wasn't beheaded.
Saudi Araba is on my list of places to never set foot in. [there's a whole long list]