The visitors were arrested after police launched a campaign against transvestites last May. Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai Police Chief, had said then that transvestites were frequently being spotted in public places. "This is against the UAE's traditions and social values," he had warned.
Any man or woman who dresses up and behaves like the opposite gender in public will be questioned and legal action will be taken against him or her, the police chief had said.
The 40 transvestites were referred to the Public Prosecution, which issued an administrative deportation order against them. All of those arrested were visitors and tourists and not residents, the police official said.
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It wasn't a bus load of scottish tourists was it ??
- Chocoholic wrote:
Oi that's national dress!
I know, I was just scared I might get picked up (not in a nice way :wink: ) the next St Andrews Ball.
Ach, if you can't poke fun at your own culture then you shouldn't poke fun at others I rekon :lol:
Apparently there's a Philipino bar in Abu Dhabi where even the blokes in the house band are wearing womens clothes. Chocoholic Och well I deed nay know ye were a Scotty lad. CVB
- Chocoholic wrote:
Och well I deed nay know ye were a Scotty lad.
oh aye quine. I'm a fair strapping scottish cheil masel :D dbxsoul And of course when Michael Jackson was caught ""incognito" in ibn battuta... he got off Scot free (pun intended)