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Bahraini jailed for forging domestic help application

By Ali Tarif. The High Criminal Court has sentenced a 62-year-old Bahraini man to three years behind bars for forging an application to bring a domestic servant from abroad. The defendant is said to have managed to enable the woman to come to Bahrain by registering her under the sponsorship of

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Published 22 October 2018, 8:00 · Updated 22:13

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Bahraini jailed for forging domestic help application

The High Criminal Court has sentenced a 62-year-old Bahraini man to three years behind bars for forging an application to bring a domestic servant from abroad. The defendant is said to have managed to enable the woman to come to Bahrain by registering her under the sponsorship of a Bahraini man without his approval by counterfeiting his signature.

His crime surfaced after the victim’s application to bring a maid was denied by the authorities.

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