7 years imprisonment for an accused who belongs to a secret organization

Yesterday, the State Security Court of the Federal Supreme Court, headed by Judge Falah Al-Hajri, ruled to imprison the accused (M.A.S.), an Emirati national, for seven years, on charges of belonging to the banned secret organization Al-Islah, affiliated with the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

The court also decided to postpone the case of the accused (A.R.B), an Emirati national, to the session of next March 2 to pronounce the ruling. It also postponed consideration of the case of (M.K.S), a Syrian national, who works in the trade in electronic materials and is accused of espionage. With foreign countries and destinations, in a way that harms the interests and security of the UAE, until the session of next March 2, to allow the accused’s lawyer to review the investigation files and case papers.

Yesterday’s session began at 12:30 in the afternoon, where Judge Falah Al-Hajri announced the sentence against the citizen (M.A.S.) to seven years in prison on charges against him of belonging to the Al-Islah group affiliated with the banned Muslim Brotherhood organization. After that, the court heard To the lawyer Ali Al-Mannai, who defended (M.K.S.), a Syrian national, who is accused of communicating with foreign countries and entities, and providing confidential and sensitive information, in a way that harms the interests of the state, exploiting his work in the trade of materials and devices. Electronically, the judge postponed the case until the lawyer’s pleading until the second session of next March.

After that, lawyers Arif Al Shamsi and Ali Al Mannai pleaded for (A.R.B.), an Emirati national, who was accused of spying with intelligence officers at the Iranian consulate in Dubai, and providing sensitive information about senior figures in the Dubai Police to the consulate’s intelligence services, in a way that harms the security and interests of the country.

The two lawyers demanded the acquittal of their client, on the basis of the lack of tangible material evidence convicting the accused. The lawyer said that the security services had been monitoring the accused for more than eight years, and that no evidence was found in the prosecution’s investigations or in the recordings of phone calls that took place between him and members of the Iranian consulate. His involvement in transmitting any confidential or sensitive information that harms the security, safety and interests of the country.

The lawyer demanded that the accused be acquitted of all charges against him, due to the lack of the material and moral elements in the prosecution’s accusations, and the investigation papers and files conducted by the prosecution did not prove any evidence that the accused committed an act of betrayal to the country, or sought to communicate with a foreign country, or transferred secret intelligence information for the benefit of Iran. He also did not know that those he was dealing with were officers in the Iranian intelligence service.

The lawyer explained the accused’s relationship with the Iranian embassy by performing a heroic act to save the consulate in Dubai from a huge fire and an act of sabotage using a gas cylinder, placed by an Iranian person, and that his relationship with the embassy after this incident did not go beyond the consulate sending a letter of thanks to him and offering a discount for treatment for his family. In the Iranian Hospital in Dubai.