Dubai: An unemployed man has been jailed for three months after a court convicted him of using a forged labour card to enter a military training camp for maintenance work.
The Dubai Court of First Instance sentenced the 20-year-old Bangladeshi defendant, F.A, after he pleaded guilty to forging a labour card and using it to gain employment.
The accused will be deported following the completion of his jail term.
Guilty
Prosecutors said F.A. posed as a maintenance worker and used the forged labour card to enter the military training camp near Al Aweer.
"Yes I forged my friend's card and used it," said F.A. when he pleaded guilty in court.
According to the charge sheet, prosecutors said the accused removed his friend's photo on the labour card and attached his own instead then wrote his name in English and photocopied the card to use.
Prosecution records showed that an Emirati army officer stopped F.A. when he tried to enter the military camp using the card and realised the discrepancy in the Arabic and English names written on the card.
"I noticed the difference between the Arabic and English written names on the card. F.A. said he wanted to perform maintenance works in the cafeteria.
Discrepancy
"When I checked his labour card, I noticed the difference in the name. I asked him about his name and he said he is called F. But the Arabic name started with A. So I contacted the Labour Ministry to check on the authenticity and validity of the labour card.
"The attendant informed me that it belonged to someone called A. and that it was cancelled over a year ago," the officer claimed.
The defendant was arrested and taken to Al Hibab Police station.
He confessed to prosecutors that he came to Dubai on visit visa. When the visa expired he forged his friend's labour card so he could work and earn a living.
