SaudiUpdated November 2

Interior Ministry outlines penalties for assisting residency and labor-law violators

The Ministry of Interior set out penalties for transporting, employing, sheltering, concealing or otherwise assisting people violating residency and labor laws, in a notice covered by Okaz and Saudi Gazette. Those who assist violators may face a fine of up to SAR 100,000 and imprisonment for up to six months; an offender who is an expatriate may also be deported. The Ministry urged the public to report residency, labor and border-security violations at 911 in Makkah, Madinah, Riyadh and the Eastern Province, and at 999 in other regions of Saudi Arabia.

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