Expat Nabbed In Riyadh For Filming Corpse At Hospital

• The suspect faces charges of violating privacy and committing cyber crime

Saudi police have arrested in Riyadh an expatriate accused of having filmed and posted online a video clip showing a shrouded dead person, media reports said.

The video circulating on social media displayed a shrouded corpse inside a hospital during arrangements to transfer the body to a morgue ahead of burial.

Police said the suspect – a Bangladeshi resident – had been arrested in coordination with the Ministry of Health for filming the clip and posting it, an act violating privacy and the anti-cyber crime law in the kingdom.

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