TABUK — A citizen in Tabuk got the shock of his life when the house he had been living in for more than 20 years was sold in a public auction without his approval and he was evicted along with his family. Mohammed Al-Tuqaigi said the home, which he built 20 years ago on a piece of land he owned, represented a lifelong dream. He said a few years ago another Saudi filed a lawsuit claiming that he owned half of the house. He said the court rejected the lawsuit after it was found that the ownership document the plaintiff presented was forged and that his witnesses were lying in their testimonies. Al-Tuqaigi said years after the first lawsuit was rejected, the claimant and his sons filed another lawsuit with another judge, who ruled in his favor after the plaintiff took an oath in the court before swearing that he owned half of the house. He said the man and his sons then came to the house and beat him badly, broke his arm and occupied half of the house. “I have a medical report proving this.” Al-Tuqaigi said after this incident the judge ordered the two families to vacate the house. The judge also ruled that the house would be sold in a public auction. “My rival bought the house for SR200,000. “The money was deposited in the court's treasury but I refused to take it.” A spokesman for Tabuk police said investigations proved that the ownership deed on which the judge based his ruling was forged. He said this was communicated to the court.
