A Saudi national is facing legal action on charges of pushing a small child, barely aged 3, to smoke with him.
The man, in his twenties, appeared in a video recording as he was putting a cigarette in the mouth of a relative’s son and asking him to inhale.
“The suspect was identified, based on the video recording, and referred to the Public Prosecution in the governorate of Al-Nairiya to face charges”, said Eastern Province Police official spokesman Colonel Zeyad Al-Raqiti.
The ten-second video recording was circulated on social media websites which caused public outrage, with calls to arrest the man and hold him accountable as he violated the child protection laws.
The man was putting the cigarette in the toddler’s mouth who seemed to be “suffocating” after inhaling the smoke, while other people were heard laughing in the video.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Development also appealed to the public to help identify the man and report any information on its social media accounts or on hotline 1919.
SOURCE : ALBILAD
