Women 'forced' to abuse employer

A Pakistani woman and an Emirati man are accused of threatening to rape and kill two of their former colleagues whom they forced to participate in their plot to defame their employer.

In a case heard by the Dubai Criminal Court, Tahmina H, a 24-year-old Pakistani woman has testified before the prosecution that she and her colleague Faqeya S had on April 15 visited Deira City Centre.

While leaving the shopping mall, they happened to meet one of the accused identified as MSS, the 24-year-old ex-colleague who offered to drop them home.

Tahmina told the prosecution that she and her friend got into the car driven by a 28-year-old Emirati man, AAM, who was also a former colleague.

According to Tahmina, AAM stopped the car after a while to allow three African nationals to get in.

One of the accused, MSS then asked the two women to read aloud from a paper that contained abusive statements against their employer.

According to Tahmina, she and her friend followed MSS's orders after threatened with rape by the three African men riding in the car.

She accused MSS of recording the abusive statements with her mobile phone.

The two women were then dropped off at their residence.

They approached the police after MSS dropped in at their residence the following day and spoke to AAM on phone to sexually and physically assalt them.

Another Pakistani employee, Mahezabin T, testified that MSS used to create trouble for Tahmina since she knew the former was in an illicit relationship with AAM.

According to Mahezabin, Tahmina was even threatened with sacking if she spoke about the affair.

Testifying in the case, an Emirati Fadel M, accused the two ex-employees of extortion. When complaints piled, he said MSS was sacked.

But the company could not cancel her visa as her whereabouts were unknown, he said. But, he said, the passport was later found with AAM.

The accused have however denied their involvement in the case citing evidence to claim they were at work on that day.

The court adjourned the case to August 21 seeking an Arabic translation of the documents produced to prove their version of the case.