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Riyadh
police have arrested an expatriate man for allegedly selling dog meat from his
home in Riyadh’s Monsiah district.
A
Saudi citizen,
quoted by local media, had tipped off the police about the Filipino
expatriate selling meat, and claimed it was from a dog. The citizen had
become suspicious because the
expatriate did not work for a slaughterhouse.
The report, which did not reveal the nationality of the suspect, further alleges that a slaughterhouse body had confirmed the
meat comes from a dog.
A
former work colleague of the arrested man, who did not reveal his name,
posted a comment on Facebook: “I know this guy from way back ... He was
my
office mate. He is a civil engineer, like me. I feel sad about the arrest.”
In a
telephone interview later with
Arab News, he said the suspect has been working for seven years as a
civil engineer in the country, and must have been aware of the prohibition on
selling dog meat. He
surmised that the man must have tried to supplement his income by selling meat, such as fish and beef, in his free time.
Another man contacted by Arab
News, who only wanted to be known as Rayan, said he met the suspect in jail.
Rayan
said the man was planning to leave for the Philippines later this month
and claimed he was innocent. The suspect claimed the Saudi
citizen
had asked him in Arabic about the meat. However, when he took time to
respond because he did not understand Arabic, the citizen claimed it was
dog meat, said Rayan,
quoting the suspect.
Rayan said he did not believe the suspect sold dog meat. “I doubt it because as far as I know no one sells that kind of meat in
Saudi Arabia.”
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