Ajman, June 02: The Ajman Police arrested two Asians, including a manager of a company and a person who posed as a police officer in an attempt to dissuade the workers from demanding their salaries that were five months overdue and force them to sign documents stating they received the salaries.
According to a police officer, the workers went on strike and refused to work, demanding their salaries.
A complaint was lodged at the Al Nuaimia police station about a man hired by the manager posing as a CID officer and beating up the workers to force them to go back to work. The police went to the labour accommodation in the Industrial Area, where they found the suspect wearing an Arab traditional dress and beating up the workers in the presence of the manager. Nearly 30 workers gathered around the policemen asking for help. They told the officers that the man, posing as a CID officer, had been threatening them and beating them. The police asked the suspect to show his ID card which showed his name, stating him to be a Pakistani national. He could speak Arabic fluently. The police interrogated the suspect who said he was paid money by the manager to frighten the workers and harass them so as to make them go back to work. He also admitted that he was beating the workers in order to force them to sign documents and resume work on the site.
Major Ali Al Shamsi, Head of CID at Al Nuaimia police station, told Khaleej Times that the workers said the suspect came two months ago to the labour accommodation and beat up two workers until they were bleeding and threatened others. The manager and the other man were referred to the Public Prosecution.
–Agencies