Q: My brother in law is in jail for taking AED 12 million from his company and he is in jail (Abu Dhabi, UAE) under remand. I don't know whether he had taken the money or not, but his employer is saying he had taken it and given him a confession letter. I don't know about the confession they took. I had not seen him because it happened last week and I am not able to go and meet him as it is very far from my house and also I have no blood relation.  I need to take permit from the prosecution department. I trying to meet him by next week. Kindly advise me what I need to do. Also, advise me on: 1. Suppose the above thing has happened, how many years he needs to be in jail? 2. If it is a false case by the employer, how will we prove his innocence? 3. Will the court give a chance to him to prove he is innocent and how? Please note that he has no advocate. 4. I assume this will be a false case as the employer is saying he started doing so for the last three years. This company had every year annual audit and they did not find.

Q: My brother arrived at Dubai airport on 05/04/2017. Dubai Immigration authorities detained him upon arrival and sent him to Naif Police Station. On April 6, 2017, a relative went to Naif Police Station, they kept his passport as a guarantor without providing any information. Furthermore, I went today to the police station after arriving from Pakistan and tried to meet my brother, however, I was not allowed to meet him. When I inquired about the detention reason, a traffic warden from the police office gave me this case number 2014/4286 outlining it as a detention reason. It is noteworthy to mention that he was already interrogated briefly by the authorities in this case and was let go without detention. During the course of three years (2014-2017), he has traveled to Dubai on visit visa 4-5 times. We are seeking help in the above case as we went to Dubai Courts and they sent us to Dubai Public Prosecution but no help.

Q: Dear Sirs, I am writing to ask for your kind advice and assistance to help our brother, Artur Ligeska, a Polish citizen who is detained in prison in Al Sadr. He is terminated since October in terrific conditions and he does not even know what are the accusations. He has been already twice in a court, however, the given public defender has never appeared. What is more, the case was in Arabic without an interpreter. Artur was given some documents to write under pressure without translations. Polish Embassy in the UAE, as well as Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has already risen questions to the legal authority to get an access to case files and find out why is he terminated, however without any results. Could you please investigate the case and help our brother to get out of this prison. We are looking forward to your answer. With regards Mariusz Ligeska

Q: I'm A. M. s/o M. H., my father was in the UAE Airforce, and on 2 August 2021, he didn't come back to his flat. We are living in Pakistan and on asking his flatmate and colleague about his whereabouts, we found that he is flying. After three days of going missing, he called us and told us that he is under some investigation because of some confusion and it will be over in a few days but till now it's not over and we do not know about his case and where he is. We have contacted the embassy and foreign office also but did not get any positive response. Our whole family is suffering from this situation kindly help us out or guide us on what to do.

Q: Dear Sir, I am in Pakistan and my brother got arrested in Dubai, I did not know the reason. How can I contact/trace his case? Please help.

Q: Dear attorney, My uncle called home in Nigeria 4 weeks ago and he mentioned that he was arrested in Ajman for expired travel documents. Ever since then, his phone has been unreachable and no one could tell his whereabouts. Please, we are in trouble in Nigeria as no one could tell his state of affairs. I need help on how to trace him. Thank you!

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I need to check if there is any absconding/travel/labor ban on me. I was in Dubai in 2015 and left the job in 2 months due to a family emergency.

Q: Good day, I am B. P. from India. My brother has been missing for ten 10 days now in Dubai. He was working in a job under a contractor [-----].

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This Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.

The provisions of this Federal Decree-Law No. (31) of 2021 Promulgating the Crimes and Penalties Law, known as the "New UAE Penal Code", governs criminal actions in the United Arab Emirates. The New Penal Code repeals the previous UAE Penal Code (Federal Law No. (3) of 1987 Promulgating the Penal Code).