95% rise in labour law violations

Dubai witnessed an increase in the number of people arrested for violating residence and labour law in November this year. About 402 people were held last month compared to 206 during the same period last year, registering a 95.1 per cent increase.

According to the monthly report of the Department of Markets, Dubai Municipality, the department carried out 597 campaigns during November 2010, which led to the arrest of 250 peddlers (vendors), including 247 men and three women; 38 beggars including 30 men andeight women; 54 men who were earning a living illegally by washing cars; and 60 butchers and fish cleaners working without a licence.

Of those arrested 182 were Bangladeshis, 169 Pakistanis, 14 Indians,10 Iranians, seven Afghanis, six Syrians, five Filipinos, four Jordanians, three from Morocco, and one from Nepal and Sri Lanka.

The campaign also led to confiscation of 5,347 prohibited substances,including 2,308 counterfeit CDs; 2,219 other products including garments, watches, perfumes and cameras; 707 alcoholic beverages and 77 boxes of expired fruits and vegetables and 36 CDs of indecent movies.Obaid Al Marzouki, Head of Market Department, Dubai Municipality, attributed the increase in number of arrests to the successful campaigns during Eid Al Adha, which sees an increase in the number of beggers and vendors.

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