Al-Jazirah Many people are surprised that some public violations do not necessarily result in arrest and punishment. I recently wrote about workshops in industrial areas and how they pose a security, ethical and economic threat to society. Yet no one has lifted a finger to address this dangerous problem despite that fact that there are many people who witness it firsthand. Today we stop at traffic lights and read advertisements which have been unofficially posted on signs. This is against the law, but no one bothers to remove these signs and no one bothers to penalize those who put them up. The irony is that all the relevant contact information is available on the ads including the telephone numbers of those who have posted the advertisements. So the authorities could easily apprehend and punish those responsible for posting these signs. I see these posters everywhere and they only seem to increase in number. This means that there is no one with an interest in penalizing those who distribute and post them. It is as if someone is encouraging people to spread chaos in the city, the same way that chaos exists in industrial workshops. Criminal investigations cost the country a lot of money. But people who are involved in public violations in broad daylight are admitting that they have committed a crime in full view of members of the general public. The security forces need to be ordered to arrest these violators so that they can be brought to court and punished. Our achievements in defeating terrorist attacks have been impressive and noteworthy. The same goes for our efforts to serve and protect those pilgrims who come to the Kingdom to perform Haj and Umrah. We will definitely succeed in combating other types of violations that may seem small on the surface, but which can endanger all of our lives.
