Former CEO of Deyaar likely to be deported from Yemen

Former CEO of Deyaar Z.S. is still being held by the Yemeni security officers and he has not yet been deported to the UAE, a legal source with his defence team told Khaleej Times on Monday.

By Marie Nammour

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Published: Tue 14 Aug 2012, 8:22 AM

Last updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 11:36 AM

The 45-year-old US businessman has been detained in Yemen into which he infiltrated through a land border since his passport has been seized by the UAE authorities in connection with graft cases against him.

The source denied being aware of the time Z.S. fled the UAE and infiltrated into Yemen.

He noted that he would be sent back to jail pending resumption of his trial as he violated his bail conditions.

Deyaar’s former top executive was bailed out on conditions that he would not travel abroad and he would attend all court hearings.

The violation of the bail conditions would cost him the Dh5-million bond and his conditional freedom. The source added that the legal team is in constant contact with Z.S.

The former CEO of the real estate developer was released on bail in July after depositing Dh5 million in financial bond at the Dubai Courts.

He also deposited his passport and that of an Emirati guarantor.

He was granted bail after his lawyer Ali Al Shamsi repeatedly requested the different court benches hearing Z.S.’s cases to grant his client bail.

Al Shamsi told the court that his client was seriously ill and he could not attend the hearings for fear of his condition deteriorating further.

Following his release on bail, Z.S. skipped two or three hearings and his lawyer cited his poor health conditions for the absence.

The lawyer provided the court with medical reports stating that his client’s health had been damaged by the long detention.

Z.S. who had been detained in Al Aweer Central Prison for more than four years in connection with four cases of fraud involving more than Dh300 million and misuse of power, had in the weeks preceding his release gone on a hunger strike to protest his long provisional detention without bail.

His conditional bail followed a decision by Dubai Criminal Court Chief Justice Ahmed Abdullah.

His release from detention was also secured after his legal team in the US exerted efforts to gain support of the US Department of State in this matter.

mary@khaleejtimes.com


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