Saudi to get 60 lashes for cross-dressing

A Saudi man is to get 60 lashes with the whip after he was caught wearing a woman's dress while heading to attend a party, a local daily reported on Thursday.

The man, in his 20s, was seized by a security man who suspected him as he walked near a farm in the eastern town of Qateef, 'Alriyadh' daily said.

When he stopped the presumed woman, the guard was surprised to see that he was a man in a female gown and with make up on his face.

The court sentenced the man to five months in prison and 60 lashes for “imitating women", the Arabic language paper said.