Akhir 28, 1432 / April 02, 2011, SPA -- Spokesman of Interior Ministry Major General Mansour Al-Turki said that the Statement of Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution (BIP) issued today reflected the outcomes which were promised by Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior and were announced in Shawwal, 1429, on the referral of 991 defendants involved in the crimes of the deviant group to judiciary. In a statement to Saudi TV Channel 1, Al-Turki said the statement of the BIP pointed out 5080 completed the phases of investigation and were referred for trial or received sentences; this represented 90% of the (5696) total arrests, now only 616 are held pending trial. Over the past years, Al-Turki added, 5831 persons were released which represented 50% of the total number the security authorities dealt with; of those 184 were released during the first three months of this year. Replying to a question about the persons who completed their sentences but are still in prison, Al-Turki said that these are exceptional cases subject to a decision of a 3-member Judicial Committee formed by Royal Order. In a response to a question on how to deal with accused persons during their stay in prison, Al-Turki said they enjoyed all the rights guaranteed by regulations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
