Commission for Investigation and Prosecution (CIP) here was accused of breaching a penal law which prevents unlawful detention of any person. The accusation was made by Sultan Bin Zahim, the lawyer of the two staffers of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, who were detained for alleged involvement in an accident in Madina's Kholail area. The accident on March 30 resulted in the death of two men, a woman and her daughter. The CIP referred the case to the Control and Investigation Board (CIB) without releasing the two staffers or without formally extending their detention. The two are detained in the General Prison with no detention order issued from any body. The Control and Investigation Board (CIB) refused to intervene to release them or extend their detention period as the detention was decided by the CIP. Bin Zahim said the two staffers were accused of causing a crash while performing their duty, so the case is out of the purview of the CIP. CIP's competence in this case was limited to procedures of criminal investigation such as hearing the accused, bringing witnesses, preserving evidences and crime scene and other tasks, without an authority over charging suspects as that falls under the jurisdiction of the CIB. Al-Huraisi case The General Court in Riyadh affirmed Tuesday its previous ruling in the case of Al-Huraisi, dismissing the lawsuit filed by his family against two staffers of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The staffers were accusing of beating Al-Huraisi to death during a raid on his house last May. The family's legal agent said he was not satisfied with the ruling and would file a plea against it to the Cassation Court. __
