Bahrain jails Asian for driving without licence
Manama : A Court has upheld the one-year imprisonment of an Asian man implicated with operating a bus without licence.
The 38-year-old defendant, who was serving as a mechanical technician in a transportation company, initially accused his Bahraini supervisor of compelling him to drive the car after the employee who was driving it was sacked and deported.
The supervisor was tried, but later he was acquitted due to lack of evidence.
The police discovered the Asian man’s misconduct when he got involved in a road accident in Isa Town. He reportedly showed them a driving licence belonging to another man.
“My manager told me to go and drive the teachers to their homes, and when I told him I don’t have a licence he gave me one and asked me to go.
“He threatened to sack me and deport me to my country if I refused to bow to his order,” the Asian man added.
“He told me to present the given licence if the police stopped me,” he added.
The defendant will be deported after he completes his jail term.
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