ABHA – A hearing has been postponed in the civil suit brought on by the family of a young Saudi who was gunned down while on duty to February. Humood Al-Maymoon, 24, was killed while on duty as a Saher employee, Al-Watan Arabic daily reported. The Saher traffic monitoring system, which uses a combination of cameras and radars to levy fines against drivers who speed and run red lights, has not been popular with drivers ever since it was introduced on the Kingdom's roads in 2010. Al-Maymoon was driving a vehicle containing Saher camera equipment on the Taif-Riyadh highway in mid-2010 when he came under fire as he approached a flyover, 160 kilometers from Riyadh. Al-Maymoon died in the attack and his vehicle caught fire. His family sued Saher for neglecting to provide protection to their son despite previous threats against Saher employees. Two previous hearings were held at Riyadh General Court but neither one was attended by a representative of Saher. — SG
