UAE Man Jailed For Jokingly Calling Fiancee 'Idiot' In WhatsApp Message| Arkam Ansari

He claims he used the word in jest, but his fiancee took

A man in UAE has been jailed for calling his fiancee an idiot.

A man in Abu Dhabi has been fined 20,000 dirhams and sentenced to 60 days in jail for calling his fiancee 'idiot' over a WhatsApp message. According toKhaleej Times, the unnamed man sent his fiancee a message and referred to her as an idiot (habla in Arabic). Though he claims he used the word in jest, his fiancee took offence and filed a case against him.

This is one of the several cases filed in the country over a situation where one person says something jokingly but another takes it seriously. Legal adviser Hassan al-Riyami explained to Emarat Al Youm that under the law sending anything of an offensive nature on social media is considered a cybercrime.

That's exactly what happened to this man, who paid for his joke with a prison sentence and a fine of approximately Rs 4 lakhs

This is not the first time that someone has been jailed in UAE for a text message. According to the Sun, in January this year, a British citizen in Dubai was arrested and jailed for sending his car dealer an angry text message.