2023-07-05 12:00:01
The Red Sea Governorate, in southern Egypt, formed an urgent committee consisting of senior officials in the governorate to search for a person who appeared in a video clip on social media boasting regarding throwing empty bottles into the sea, in order to seize him to hold him accountable legally.
And the media advisor for the Red Sea Governorate, Muhammad Makhlouf, revealed in statements to “Sky News Arabia” that the aforementioned person was arrested within 4 hours of the time the video was spread on social media, and that he is being presented to the Public Prosecution at the present time for interrogation in preparation for his trial for a premeditated crime. Pollution of sea water.
Makhlouf said the accused is Wael Adel Ahmed Abdel Rahim, and he appeared in a video throwing empty bottles with sea water on a beach in an area surrounding a restaurant in Hurghada, which exposes citizens and tourists to damage and also endangers the marine environment.
He pointed out that the Governor of the Red Sea, Major General Amr Hanafi, is a good follower of various media outlets in general and social media sites in particular and what is published in them, and he felt very angry when he saw this person and his behavior that violated the law, especially since “the accused appeared in the video following committing his crime in a manner It is inappropriate while he brags and dances, believing that he will escape punishment and the law, and it did not occur to him that the video would reach the governor of the Red Sea, who applies the law decisively and strikes with an iron fist once morest any behavior that offends Egyptians and harms tourism.
He added that the governor immediately directed the formation of a small and urgent committee that went to the restaurant, the location of the incident, to find out the truth of the matter, take legal measures and arrest the accused, noting that the committee was attended by the “head of the South Hurghada district – the general director of the environment department – the general director of the office.” Ministry of Tourism – Environment and Landscaping Police – Environmental Affairs Agency.
He revealed that during the committee’s preliminary investigations, the restaurant’s management denied its connection to the person who committed the incident, but the search efforts confirmed that the person actually works in the same restaurant, and by inspection, his personal belongings and clothes that he was wearing in the video were found inside a room attached to the restaurant, and immediately the security services were able to The accused was arrested and a report was filed once morest him at the Environmental Police Department in Hurghada on charges of polluting sea water, harming the environment, and endangering the lives of citizens and tourists by throwing solid waste into the water. He was referred to the Public Prosecution for investigation.
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Makhlouf stressed that the governor of the Red Sea personally oversaw and continued dealing with this incident, moment by moment, to achieve public and private deterrence, for anyone who begged himself to commit any incident that violates the law in the cities of the governorate.
He revealed that the governor also directed the formation of an enlarged committee to examine the position of the restaurant, the scene of the incident, in light of the laws and regulations regulating that, and the extent to which the restaurant management adheres to the instructions. The examination revealed that there are many violations, most notably that the restaurant’s license is expired, in addition to the absence of a contract for the safe disposal of solid waste, as it is disposed of in an unsafe manner. The governor directed to take the necessary measures once morest the restaurant’s management.
For his part, the lawyer at the Egyptian Court of Cassation, Mohamed Islah, said in a statement to “Sky News Arabia” that the accused who carried empty bottles in the sea awaits him a harsh penalty that may reach a fine of one million pounds, which will be imposed on him and the restaurant in which he works if it is proven that the restaurant management is one of the I instructed him to do the disposal of waste in this way.
Islah clarified that the accused and the restaurant’s management will be investigated and held accountable in accordance with Environment Law No. 4 of 1994 and its amendments, which stipulates in Article 90 of it that “any person who commits one of the following acts shall be punished with a fine of not less than 300 thousand pounds and not more than one million pounds:
Draining or throwing oil, oily mixtures or harmful substances into the territorial sea or the exclusive economic zone.
Non-compliance with the treatment of discharged waste and polluted materials, or non-use of safe means that do not result in harm to the water environment.
The approved dumping or dumping in the territorial sea or the exclusive economic zone of ships or their parts, industrial installations, polluting materials or waste, whatever the source of such dumping or dumping.
In the event of repetition, i.e. repeating any of these violations, the penalty will be imprisonment and the fine mentioned in the previous paragraph of this Article.
In all cases, the violator is obligated to remove the traces of the violation at the time specified by the competent administrative authority, and if he does not do so, this authority will remove it at his expense.
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