Horror IRL

Posted on | 4 years ago, mid-afternoon | 1 Comment

This is some terrifying bullshit right here. I do not personally know the gentleman in question, but we are social cousins* — which makes me all the more sick to my stomach over the situation. There is absolutely no excuse for this.

“Dubai, UAE, February 1, 2008 – This past Saturday, German citizen and UK resident Cat Le-Huy arrived in Dubai and was arbitrarily stopped at immigration. Initial inspection of Le-Huy’s belongings by Dubai authorities yielded a bottle of melatonin, a health supplement available over the counter both in Dubai and in the US (where Le-Huy had purchased it). After being taken into the interrogation room, Le-Huy was strip-searched, submitted to urine testing, and was forced to sign papers in Arabic which he couldn’t read. During the bag search, authorities came up with a few trace fragments of dirt, which they alleged to be hashish.

During and after the arrest, Dubai authorities alleged that the melatonin bottle found in Le-Huy’s bag contained other pills. As of Monday, tests conducted by the authorities indicated that the melatonin pills did not contain any other substances and the melatonin was cleared. Le-Huy’s urine sample also tested negative for any drug use. The German Embassy expected that Le-Huy would be released at this time, but …”

Now with Bonus! hyper-irony:

“According to friends, Le-Huy’s decision to travel to Dubai came about after visiting the official tourist website of Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DTMC). The website is part of a larger campaign aimed at Western tourists and promotes Dubai as a safe and modern holiday destination.”

More here.
And here.
Online petition here.



* My own personal shorthand for “friend-of-a-friend.”

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One Response to “Horror IRL”

  1. Scorpio
    February 1st, 2008 @ 6:46 pm

    No wonder Halliburton picked up and moved to Dubai! A place with tactics out of their corporate handbook, Cheney approved and crafted!

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