It's funny that in his world view, he can feel he is justified to withhold the passport of his maid and deny her the ability to travel.
Yet when he was placed under a court order and told he could not travel away from the US, he still tried to get on a plane to flee justice. What a courageous man!
UAE officer arrested at NY airport - Associated Press
Tuesday, Apr 12, 2011
Providence, RI - A military officer from the United Arab Emirates accused of keeping an unpaid servant while attending the Naval War College in Rhode Island has been arrested by federal officials after he boarded an international flight in New York City.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Col. Arif Mohamed Saeed Mohamed Al-Ali at Kennedy Airport late Monday night after he and his family boarded a nonstop flight to their home country, said Jim Martin, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Rhode Island. Al-Ali was held overnight in New York.
The naval officer pleaded not guilty last week to charges he lured a Filipino servant to the United States, then failed to pay her and kept her confined in his house.
A federal judge in New York ordered that Al-Ali appear in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island on Wednesday and released him, on $100,000 unsecured bond, into the custody of three countrymen, including a diplomatic attache and another colonel in the Emirati military, Martin said. The judge ordered Al-Ali equipped with a tracking device, he said.
Al-Ali's wife and five children got off the plane when he was detained, but it's unclear what they did after that, Martin said.
Al-Ali's name was flagged by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which caught the attention of an ICE agent, according to the order of removal to Rhode Island issued Tuesday. The order says authorities in New York received an arrest warrant from a judge in Rhode Island charging that Al-Ali had violated the terms of his pre-trial release.
It's funny that in his world view, he can feel he is justified to withhold the passport of his maid and deny her the ability to travel.
Yet when he was placed under a court order and told he could not travel away from the US, he still tried to get on a plane to flee justice. What a courageous man!
UAE officer arrested at NY airport - Associated Press
Tuesday, Apr 12, 2011
Providence, RI - A military officer from the United Arab Emirates accused of keeping an unpaid servant while attending the Naval War College in Rhode Island has been arrested by federal officials after he boarded an international flight in New York City.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Col. Arif Mohamed Saeed Mohamed Al-Ali at Kennedy Airport late Monday night after he and his family boarded a nonstop flight to their home country, said Jim Martin, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Rhode Island. Al-Ali was held overnight in New York.
The naval officer pleaded not guilty last week to charges he lured a Filipino servant to the United States, then failed to pay her and kept her confined in his house.
A federal judge in New York ordered that Al-Ali appear in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island on Wednesday and released him, on $100,000 unsecured bond, into the custody of three countrymen, including a diplomatic attache and another colonel in the Emirati military, Martin said. The judge ordered Al-Ali equipped with a tracking device, he said.
Al-Ali's wife and five children got off the plane when he was detained, but it's unclear what they did after that, Martin said.
Al-Ali's name was flagged by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which caught the attention of an ICE agent, according to the order of removal to Rhode Island issued Tuesday. The order says authorities in New York received an arrest warrant from a judge in Rhode Island charging that Al-Ali had violated the terms of his pre-trial release.