Dubai: A Japanese engineer has pleaded guilty to possessing 77 DVDs containing pornographic material and claimed he was unaware such material was unlawful here, a court heard yesterday.
The 33-year-old engineer, identified as Y.K., confessed before the Dubai Court of Appeal yesterday to possessing the DVDs as charged by the Public Prosecution. The Dubai Court of First Instance had earlier sentenced him in absentia to one month in jail.
His lawyer told the presiding judge that Y.K. did not have any criminal intent.
“Possessing such DVDs is a lawful act in Japan whose culture and traditions are different than those of the UAE. Besides, the accused who is a not a Muslim was unaware that it is unlawful and punishable by law to possess pornographic material.” (f. GulfNews)
February 29th, 2008 at 1:32 am
hi, it will be my first time to enter Dubai, I have porno movies in my laptop, shall I delete them? I know porno dvds are not allowed, what about if its in my laptop, are they going to open my computer? Pls advise…tnks.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:08 am