A Saudi national surrendered to security authorities on Friday, the Interior Ministry announced on Monday. Spokesman of the Interior Ministry pointed out that the Saudi citizen, who was misled and tempted to go to troubled areas, surrendered to security authorities with the assistance of his family. The surrendered Saudi was not on the government list of wanted persons released last February, Ministry of Interior spokesman Mansour Al-Turki said. Al-Turki said that all persons returning and surrendering to the authorities, whether on the list or not, would be confined at fully-equipped housing provided by the ministry until legal and judicial procedures are complete, with full access and accommodation at the housing provided to their families with whom they would be reunited upon their arrival in the Kingdom. Al-Turki said the authorities would work to repatriate those who wished to return, and ease the way for their “return to the right path.” “Moves to surrender and an increase in the role of families in convincing their sons to return shows a rise in the awareness of the dangers of deviant thought and the crimes it leads to,” Al-Turki said. At the request of the family, the Ministry of Interior has not revealed the identity of the most recent Saudi to hand himself in, but he is said to be in his 30s. The family, according to the ministry's spokesman, received a call from the Saudi suspect seeking help for his return to the homeland. The return was arranged and facilitated and he was reunited with his family upon arrival in the Kingdom, the spokesman was quoted by Saudi Press Agency (SPA) as saying. He said the citizen's initiative will be taken into account when considering his situation in accordance with the procedures applied in such a situation. The spokesman renewed the call of the Ministry of Interior for all those who put themselves in similar situations to take the initiative, to surrender themselves, and to take advantage of the opportunity available to them.
