Abandoned buildings, nests for illegal activities: MP
Flesh trade services are being offered at BD1- BD2 in some of the areas in old Muharraq area, an MP claimed.
The lawmaker stated that “escaped housemaids are exploited by pimps, who force them to sell their bodies at low prices to low-income labourers.”
This was stated by the parliamentary representative of the second constituency in Muharraq Governorate Ibrahim Al Hammadi.
His statements came during yesterday’s Parliament House weekly meeting, while discussing a proposal that demands the Government to acquire old and abandoned residences and replace them with modern housing projects for citizens.
Al Hammadi said, “Within an area of six square kilometres in old Muharraq, I’ve personally seen how old residences being turned into local bars and brothels. These places have become a nest for illegal practices.”
The MP also highlighted the increase of crime rates in the area, blaming it on such residences.
He said, “There has been an alarming increase in stabbing cases in Muharraq.” He also recalled the recent arrest of a gang of expats who attacked and robbed elderly men in the alleys of Muharraq.
“Seven cases of knifings have been reported in Muharraq between October 2014 and August 2015,” Al Hammadi said before the council yesterday, stressing that public security is threatened.
He added, “We thank His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for instructing to initiate the rebuilding of ramshackle houses project. It benefitted many people. But we sense corruption in this project. Many houses that need to be rebuilt are just left scattered here and there in the governorate. Additionally, houses that have been rebuilt or revamped as part of the project, are witnessing technical issues, only after two years after revamping them.”
Supporting the idea that such criminal activities are taking place in a different area, MP of the second constituency in the Capital Governorate Ahmed Qarata said, “We demand the country to acquire more lands to accommodate housing projects in the Capital. Bahraini families have abandoned Manama as it has become a bachelors’ zone. We have housing requests in the governorate that are pending since 1992. The government says we have lack of land, but then, it should acquire more land. Over 3600 houses in Manama are not fit to reside.”
Shura Council and Parliament Affairs and Information Affairs Minister and the Official Government Spokesman Isa bin Abdulrahman Al Hammadi said during the session that implementation of such a project needs comprehensive planning. The minister also censured allegations of both MPs, claiming “government officials have stolen from the state’s budget that is allocated for the ramshackle houses project.”
The minister demanded to remove the phrases from the session’s transcript. However, majority of MPs voted for the proposal by the end of the heated discussion.
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