Saudi Police arrest man for ‘dressing like woman

Saudi police have arrested a man on public order charges after he was accused of wearing women’s clothes in Snapchat posts. Officers in Qassim, northwest of the capital Riyadh, arrested what they described as a ‘famous Snapchat personality who appeared in video clips dressed like women’. A spokesman for the force told a local news […]

Saudi police have arrested a man on public order charges after he was accused of wearing women’s clothes in Snapchat posts.

Officers in Qassim, northwest of the capital Riyadh, arrested what they described as a ‘famous Snapchat personality who appeared in video clips dressed like women’.

A spokesman for the force told a local news outlet the suspect had been detained ‘for producing and distributing material insulting to public order’ after citizens had complained about him dressing ‘inappropriately.’

Mahmoud Ahmad, managing editor of the Saudi Gazette, called for social media to be curbed in the country, and added: ‘We all agree that many people use these apps frivolously and get famous just because they have managed to accumulate a large number of followers.

‘But many people cannot discern whether they were talented or simply ignorant and stupid.’

The ‘famous Snapchat personality who appeared in video clips dressed like women’ is said to be Aboud Bad, who has more than 70,000 subscribers on YouTube.