Arrest and Release Story

Two nights ago, you were actually arrested, weren't you?

I was. It was nine o'clock at night.

I was just about to go to bed, and there was a knock on the door, and

there were about eight very large men there,

and one of them said, "I'm from the CID, and we've come to

arrest you. You must get, you must get changed and come

with us to the police station." And they sent a policewoman in

who had to stand next to me the whole time while I changed

and went to the police station. It was incredibly

unnerving because that's when I'm just about to go to sleep.

And I was taken into the police station.

I was there for nearly an hour, and I was,

I was questioned. Um, it was very upsetting for me.

I did cry, and he said, "Why are you crying?

We haven't hurt you." And I said, "Uh, no, no one's ever treated me

like this before or spoken to me like this before.

I- I've done nothing wrong." And

anyway,

um, eventually, I think their hearts were touched, and

they began to see that I actually wasn't a threat to public

safety. So the man eventually said, um...

I realized that the people that organized the situation

should have been the ones that got the permit 'cause I said, "I,

I just go where

I'm asked." And he said, "I'm..."

He said, "I'm not gonna keep you in the cell for

the night." He said,

"I'm gonna let you go home

to sleep in your hotel," but he said, "You must come back at seven AM in the

morning, and then there'll be, um,

uh, like, I have to talk to some authorities then."

And so

that's what I did, but I, I didn't have a very good sleep

that night.

But I'm just thankful to God that I did go back to the police station

the next day. I had two people that stuck to me by glue.

They weren't gonna let me out of their sight, and

one, one of the ladies is really my, um, Middle East daughter, and

she said, "No, this is my mother. I am staying with her." It took about

five hours, but eventually... We're just so thankful for people that

came in to help, and

I was heard by the head prosecutor and two lawyers, and they said,

"No, you don't have a ban. You can travel." Um,

I'm just thankful to God that it's all over, and now I'm back in

Dubai with my husband.

Well, I'm very happy that you're back here safely.

I was waiting, and it wasn't-