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Mohammed orders release of 352 prisoners
(Wam)

31 May 2007
DUBAI — His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has ordered release of 352 prisoners from various prisons in the emirate of Dubai.

Prisoners belonging to different nationalities and serving terms for various crimes are being released by Shaikh Mohammed as a kind gesture as the Ruler of Dubai.

On this occasion,  the Attorney-General of Dubai, Esam Eissa Al Humaidan, expressed  gratitude and loyalty to the Ruler of Dubai for this humanitarian act which he said “reflected the sublime religious and social values”.

Al Humaidan said that the public prosecution department and Dubai police had already started  implementing the order.

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