Woman Pushed Into Flesh Trade, Held Captive in an Apartment in Muharraq
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GREAT RATES ON MONEY TRANSFER AND CURRENCY EXCHANGE GUARANTEED! Tel: 1722 8888 www.bfc.com.bh Wednesday, April 26, 2017 Issue No. 7363 200 Fils www.newsofbahrain.com www.facebook.com/nobonline newsofbahrain 38444680 nob_bh JO3082_BFC_Flag_Globe_DT_Hamper_6.7cmX8.5cm_Hand.indd 1 2/1/17 2:59 PM Mohammed Zafran/DTNN had a mobile phone but [email protected] it was damaged and there was no way she could have Manama contacted anyone for help. We must have an olice have launched The team also recovered agenda that says, “No, Pa manhunt to nab clothes and contraceptives,” Donald Trump is not the leader of a gang who he said. reportedly operated a flesh The woman told police right. Climate change is trade racket in Muharraq. that she worked as a not a hoax. It is a major The authorities began housemaid until a cold- planetary crisis.” the search for the expatriate store salesman offered her gang after receiving a help in finding a better @SenSanders tipoff about an Indonesian job. “She agreed and gave woman being held captive him her phone number. Today’s Weather in Muharraq. The woman The number was passed Max Min was reported to have been on to the gang who then in a bad state and was contacted her and asked her 31°C 23°C locked up in an apartment. to run away after promising According to information her a better-paid job,” he released by the Ministry of added. The woman was x Interior in its publication brutally beaten up each Al Amn, three men have time she tried to escape Uber ‘flying car’ already been nabbed while from the apartment. One of a police investigation is their clients had a change of launch by 2020 going on to catch the fourth heart and filed a case in the San Francisco person who is believed to police station. ber said yesterday be the gang leader. “Our “He told us about the Uit wants to launch source told us that the woman and said she had a system of flying cars to woman had been trying to been locked up for several move people around cities, escape for several months months. He said she was in with a goal of putting but had failed to do so. After a bad condition and sought demonstration projects getting information on her help to get out of the place. in place by 2020. The whereabouts, we obtained The man said he felt sad ridesharing giant announced a search warrant from the after he saw the woman, a series of partnerships Public Prosecution and who pleaded with him to to manufacture “vertical raided an apartment where report the matter to the takeoff and landing” she had been held captive,” police,” General Brigadier (VTOL) vehicles and put said Muharraq Governorate Al Hassan said. The woman networks in place, a system Police Director General has been transferred to a dubbed Uber Elevate. - AFP Brigadier Fawaz Al Hassan. shelter for abused women “We found after she was rescued from she captivity. P 04 Bahrain, Thailand for stronger ties The diary which was The building where the woman was held captive used to record her earnings P 03 Woman pushed into flesh trade, held Embassies training individuals to take part in elections: MPs captive in an apartment in Muharraq 2 Wednesday, April 26, 2017 International Youth Conference opens DT News Network the slogan ‘Give Back’ and “The difference of cultures, the planet offered us, in a way [email protected] focuses on the United Nations origins or beliefs aren’t that ensures its sustainability he ninth International Sustainable Development an obstacle in the path of and preservation.” Youth Conference opened Goals (SDG)s and the role of improving the lives of others,” “Give Back reflects the yesterdayT at the University the youth in achieving them. he said. content of the 17 sustainable of Bahrain in the presence of The event is organised by Shaikh Nasser also development goals that should more than 1,000 participants Youth and Sports Affairs highlighted that by guide humanity towards a life from over 29 countries. Ministry in coordination implementing SDGs, “We of goodness and giving,” he The opening ceremony with the United Nations are fulfilling the dreams or added. was patronised and attended Development Programme and visions that world leaders seek Guest of honour at the by His Majesty the King’s the League of Arab states. to achieve.” conference, Australian Author Representative for Charity In his keynote address, HH “They are guidelines for our and Motivational Speaker Works and Youth Affairs, Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad decisions and steps on public Saroo Brierley expressed his Supreme Council for Youth Al Khalifa called for more and private affairs.” gratitude to the Kingdom Minister Al Jowder presenting a memento to HH Shaikh Nasser and Sports Chairman and global collaboration to achieve Commenting on the slogan, for annually hosting the plan innovative schemes to Hisham Al Jowder presented Bahrain Olympic Committee the development goals put “Give Back”, HH Shaikh conference. serve humanity and eliminate HH Shaikh Nasser a memento President HH Shaikh Nasser forward by the United Nations Nasser said, “The slogan tell He praised the step taken poverty. as a token of appreciation bin Hamad Al Khalifa. to serve humanity and to the world that it is time for by the Kingdom in offering On the occasion, Youth for his patronage of the This year’s conference has eliminate poverty. them to give back some of what youth the opportunity to and Sports Affairs Minister conference. Wednesday, April 26, 2017 3 Expat injured in car mishap Embassies training individuals DT News Network [email protected] Manama n Asian expatriate to take part in elections: MPs Asustained serious DT News Network “The House of injuries after he was hit by a [email protected] Representatives declares its speeding car while crossing ome foreign embassies in condemnation, and rejection the road at the King Faisal Sthe Kingdom are supporting of such calls, which constitute Highway. and training individuals who blatant interference in the The injured is Mojahid seek to enter the electoral internal affairs of the Kingdom Iqbal, 43, a Pakistani race in 2018, several MPs told and are contrary to the duties expatriate. The car was the House of Representatives of diplomatic missions and driven by a Bahraini yesterday. foreign embassies in any man. The officials arrived In their regular meeting country and constitute a immediately at the crime held at the House of departure from the rules scene and the expatriate was Representatives in Gudaibiya, established by the Vienna rushed to the Salmaniya the parliamentarians strongly Convention on Diplomatic Medical Complex as he criticised foreign embassies Relations,” the statement read. sustained serious injuries. for training parliamentary The Council, while One of the sources at candidates as the elections are condemning these actions, the Ministry of Interior fast approaching. The House of Representatives in session yesterday called upon the Foreign Affairs confirmed the car accident The MPs also demanded Ministry to play its role and on the highway. The Foreign Affairs Ministry 2018 parliamentary elections, Kingdom which will affect The MPs also hinted take decisive measures against authorities are taking to intervene and prohibit and sending them allegedly to the parliamentary elections at training institutions in embassies that carry out such necessary steps and the case diplomatic corps from directly attend training courses abroad. that are usually organised in the Kingdom, such as the acts. The council also called on will be further investigated contacting citizens. These courses’ objectives accordance with international Bahrain Institute for Political authorities concerned to not by the public prosecution, “Some foreign embassies are are unknown. We consider norms and standards,” the MPs Development, affirming accept any candidate for the sources at the Ministry of communicating with citizens, this as clear interference said in a joint statement issued “Bahrainis don’t need political upcoming elections in case they Interior said. who seek to contest in the in the internal affairs of the after the meeting. training from abroad”. participated in such courses. Cops to turn counsellors to tackle illegal workers DT News Network looking at bringing them in have been tricked into coming [email protected] and correcting them. This is to Bahrain and are victims, uharraq police have because we believe that such Brigadier Brigadier Fawaz Al come up with a people who have no work Hassan said. novelM approach to tackle will, sooner or later, graduate “They have sold their illegal ‘free visa’ workers to becoming criminals,” land, jewellery, houses and in the governorate through Brigadier Fawaz Al Hassan other property to pay agents counselling and guiding. said. to come here and work and Discussions are underway “We do not know what when they find that they have with the authorities in they are doing and how and no job, they are bound to take Muharraq to implement new where they are living. We just to crime sooner or later since measures to tackle the illegal find them loitering around, they have to repay the loans workers in a more humane doing odd jobs and somehow they have taken from banks in way. making ends meet,” Brigadier the Kingdom or send money Muharraq Governorate Fawaz Al Hassan said. home to their families,” Police Director General “We would want to know Brigadier Fawaz Al Hassan Brigadier Fawaz Al Hassan what they are up to, guide said. said that an approach focused and counsel them, get in “We are looking to stop on ‘counselling and guiding’ touch with their sponsors crimes from happening. If will help many of those and employers and try and such people are allowed to workers who end up in illegal correct their status,” Brigadier remain as they are, they would status after being tricked by Fawaz Al Hassan said, adding be a danger to society sooner agents.