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According to a report by the Follow- up on Violators and Foreigners Sector and the Financial Resources Department at the GDRFA, the directorate incurred more than Dh 2.2 million in losses worth of fees which the officers on trial did not collect when processing the said transactions.
An officer in the preventive security department in the GDRFA said "We were informed by reliable secret sources that the first accused was dealing with the runaway defendant to process illegal transactions. The applications included temporary blocking of files (absconding reports) in the system".
They would process the applications without settling the Dh 6,500 fee for every tourist who was falsely reported absconding.
He would also issue exit passes for violators of the Foreigners' Residency and Entry Law, who owed cumulated fines. He would allegedly disregard the non-payment of such fines after collecting bribes, the witness added.
The trial has been adjourned to February 12.
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