Dubai, October 27: Saudi King Abdullah has waived a court sentence of 60 lashes handed down to a 22-year-old woman journalist, who was involved with a TV programme in which a man publicly spoke about indulging in pre-marital sex.
Rozana Al-Yami, who was was working with a Lebanese TV channel that aired the programme in July, was charged with involvement in the preparation of the show in Jeddah and advertising the segment on the internet.
During the show, one Mazen Abdul Jawad spoke about his indulgence in pre-marital sex and provided explicit descriptions. His statements were viewed as an act of publicising and promoting sinful behaviour and violating social norms on the issues of dating and pre-marital sex in the ultra-conservative Saudi society.
The King also ordered the case be transferred to the Ministry of Culture and Information.
–PTI