Mawlawi Saif Khyber, spokesperson for the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice and Complaints Hearing, announced that the ministry’s moral officers have detained a man for inappropriate conduct toward a Chinese tourist. A video of the incident has been widely circulated on social media.
The footage shows the man physically make contact with the tourist and behaving inappropriately inside a moving vehicle. The video drew widespread public backlash and led to calls for his arrest by relevant authorities.