year-old woman held here at the local headquarters of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the Hai'a, caused such a commotion that residents called the police to investigate. As a general rule, the Hai'a is supposed to hand over any suspect to the police. The Hai'a, however, has rejected accusations of any wrongdoing. According to eyewitnesses, nervous worshippers who were performing their Maghreb prayers at a mosque close to the Commission's headquarters, heard a female shouting for help on Friday. They called the police, who rushed to the scene. Eyewitnesses said the arrival of the security patrols coincided with the arrival of Sheikh Sulaiman Al-Enzi, the head of the Hai'a branch where the woman was being held. The woman was transferred to a police station in the Sulaimanyia District in a private car with tinted windows. The documents of the case were sent to the Commission for Investigations and Prosecution (CIP). The woman has been held at a Social Care House in Tabuk. Al-Enzi described the incident as “very normal” which did not justify all this attention. He said the girl had escaped from her family's residence in Jeddah and had been in Tabuk for some time. He claimed that she has asked someone in Tabuk to help her escape. Instead, the man she asked for help reported her to the Hai'a who arrested her at a gas station. Al-Enzi claimed the woman was screaming because she did not want to be arrested by the police. He denied she was harmed in any way. However, a source at King Khaled General Hospital in Tabuk said doctors found bruises on her legs. She was told to rest for two days. Brigadier Saleh Al-Harbi, police spokesman in Tabuk refused to comment on the case. He said the matter fell under the jurisdiction of the Hai'a.
