The Chief of Public Security explained that the article 8 item 9 of Traffic Law for the year 1979 stipulates that the exploiting of a vehicle to hinder traffic on the road is illegal and can result in a six month prison term and or BD100 fine as well as confiscation of the vehicle and driver’s license.
He said the increased presence of security personnel all over the Kingdom was only a pre-emptive measure aimed at promptly and efficiently tackling any unlawful or violent acts of sabotage and emphasized that the security situation is now calm and stable.
Major-General Al-Hassan told Bahrain Television that the stepping up of security measures comes after receiving tips that acts of violence and vandalism were likely to be committed, and that in the light of such information a security plan had been put in place adding that the plan was to counter any lawbreakers.
A number of saboteurs had earlier attacked public security personnel stationed all over the Kingdom whose task it was to safeguard citizens’ lives and property. Vandals used Molotov cocktails and metal rods in a bid to create roadblocks but their attacks were foiled as they were arrested.
Major-General Al-Hassan added that the saboteurs committed other acts of vandalism and set fire to an electric transformer in Mughsha area by throwing Molotov cocktails and assured that security forces are now tracking down those involved in order to bring them to justice as soon as they are arrested.
Major-General Al-Hassan confirmed that the situation today is stable all over the country, and that employees went to work and students attended school as usual, and assured that such acts of vandalism are contradictory to the Bahraini people’s nature, as the outlaws target civil peace and security.
He hailed His Majesty the King, His Royal Highness the Prime Minister, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as well as public security personnel who maintain law and order.
Major-General Al-Hassan urged citizens not to be misled by purposefully-fabricated rumours and some hostile media broadcast aimed at misleading public opinion and causing chaos.