Saudi Arabia to amend rules governing religious police chasing people

Saudi Arabia will make amendments to rules governing religious police chasing people, a newspaper reported on Monday.

A group of procedures to govern the country’s Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Commission’s chasing of people will soon be released, head of the commission, Abdul Lateef al-Sheikh, told al-Watan newspaper.

Despite a ruling, three months ago, completely banning the commission from chasing people, including culprits and suspects, a recent incident of police chasing causing the death of a family man has created an outcry in the country.

The death of Abdul Rahman al-Ghamdi when he was driving his car with his family, and the injury of his young children shocked the Saudi public, and questions arose on whether the ban was in fact effective.