Police officer pays Dh10,000 fine, saves woman from jail
Emirati in exemplary act of kindness
An Arab mother of a young child was spared a scary spell behind bars after a generous police officer paid a Dh10,000 fine on her behalf to keep her family together.
The act of kindness happened after the Arab family went to the police station to settle a financial case.
The husband told Gulf News that there was a financial problem over his private company which was registered in his wife’s name.
“I thought they summoned us for questioning and I went with my child and wife. I was surprised when I went through the one-day court and they told me that I should pay Dh10,000 in fine or my wife would be jailed,” the Arab husband told Gulf News.
Emirati policeman Lieutenant Abdul Hadi Al Hammadi saw the man seeking help and asked him to wait in a room to see if he could find a solution.
Five minutes later, Lt Al Hammadi returned with a receipt after he paid the Dh10,000 fine.
An Emirati policeman set a noble example when he helped a family who were in need of Dh10,000 to pay a fine in a financial case so that the mother of a sevenmonth-old child was not imprisoned.
The Arab family went to the police station after they received a call regarding a financial case. The husband told Gulf News that there was a financial problem over his private company which was registered in his wife’s name.
“I thought they summoned us for questioning and I went with my child and wife. I was surprised when I went through the oneday court and they told me that I should pay Dh10,000 in fine or my wife would be jailed,” the Arab husband told Gulf News.
He said that he didn’t know what to do as they were facing financial difficulties and didn’t have the money to pay the fine. “I called my friends but I couldn’t raise the money. I was hopeless. My wife would be in jail and I didn’t know what to do because I have a sevenmonth-old child. I even asked them to put me in jail instead of her.”
Enter Emirati Lieutenant Abdul Hadi Al Hammadi who saw the man seeking help and asked him to wait to see if he could find a solution. Five minutes later, Lt Al Hammadi returned with a receipt after he paid the fine.
“He gave me the document and asked me to finish the procedure and go back home with my wife saying he had paid the money. What he did is beyond imagination. I was hopeless but the noble Emirati officer was like a candle in the dark. I’m so thankful to him.”
Lt Al Hammadi said he went to Brigadier Saeed Hamad Bin Sulaiman, director of Al Rashidiya police station, and told him about the man’s story and both decided to share the amount of fine and paid it.