Curfew violator arrested in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province

Saudi Arabia has instituted a nationwide curfew. (AN photo/Basher Saleh)
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  • Saudi man shared video of himself wandering around Hafr Al-Batin, making comments about security services

HAFR Al-BATIN: A Saudi man was arrested in the Eastern Province on Wednesday for violating the curfew imposed by authorities in the Kingdom to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

He had shared videos on social media that showed him wandering around Hafr Al-Batin governorate during the curfew, in which he made comments undermining the role of the security services, according to a spokesman for Eastern Province police. The man, who is in his thirties, also allegedly filmed security officers as they enforced the curfew on a public road.