JEDDAH: Two foreign women have been imprisoned for forging the identification papers of a Saudi woman and their qualifications, according to authorities. Jeddah Police arrested the women, who signed contracts 14 years ago to enter data at King Abdul Aziz Hospital and Tumor Center, because they pretended to be Saudi nationals and held forged identification papers and certificates, according to authorities. The Makkah Emirate and the police asked the hospital administration to provide the documents the women had submitted in order to be employed, authorities said. In a related development, three officials in the hospital, who had attested the women's contracts have also been accused in the case, authorities said. The charges against the two foreign women include forgery of intermediate school certificates and the identification papers for a Saudi family, according to the documents Okaz/Saudi Gazette obtained. Hamoud Al-Ghamdi, director of Personnel Affairs in Jeddah Health Affairs, said the Board of Grievances can determine the two women's relationship with the case and the extent to which the three officials are responsible, and determine their guilt or innocence. Applicants for jobs in the program in which the women were employed are not closely scrutinized, said Al-Ghamdi, who added that the officials' attestation was probably not done intentionally, but was due to their negligence. The penalty for forgery, if proved, ranges between six months to two years in jail plus payment of a maximum fine of SR1,000.
