Thursday, May 15, 2014
Sharjah: The Sharjah Police’s recently-launched initiative called ‘Reconciliation is the best way’ — aimed at solving financial disputes amicably without the need to file lawsuits in the court — has succeeded in solving 6,050 cases, and restored more than Dh100 million to the complainants.
The Comprehensive Police Stations programme restored Dh114,584,275 to the complainants.
The initiative is being run at the Al Buhairah and Al Gharab police stations as they provide comprehensive multiple services to the public.
Colonel Omar Abdullah Al Suwaidi, director of the Sharjah police general, said the initiative was launched in 2011 and has worked.
Colonel Al Suwaidi said the initiative contributed a great deal in solving financial disputes and provide a chance to defendants involved in bad cheque cases to pay off their debts directly at the police stations before referring the file to the public prosecution and the court.
“The files are being sent to the prosecution and the court only if the defendants have criminal records,” he said.
The initiative is aimed at protecting the complainants’ rights and ensuring that their money is restored to them.
“It also contributes to reducing loads of files to be referred to the Public Prosecution and courts, besides protecting the families whose breadwinners like the father or mother could have otherwise been locked up in jail.”
By Aghaddir Ali Staff Reporter
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