Saudi Newspaper Assails the Yemenis [Archives:2000/18/Local News]

The Saudi newspaper Ukadh has lashed out at Yemen and the Yemenis, considering their presence inside the Kingdom as posing danger to the society. Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Aymen Mohammed demanded in a field reportage he had last week conducted in Assir and Najran, both territories annexed by the Kingdom, the residents not to allow the Yemenis to work or even to offer help to them because their presence, according to him, posed a threat to the society, particularly because of theft practices they commit. The Saudi journalist commented on a picture he had shot for three Yemeni nationals entered the Kingdom’s territories in quest of job opportunities by saying as ” They narrate the story of bitter travel and making a living on the Kingdom’s riches.” The newspaper quoted a police station chief in Najran as saying security was normal except for disturbance by the Yemenis who practice smuggling, theft and others. The press report has received large-scale denunciation from the Yemenis and one of the opposition organs described it as an apparent insult to the Yemenis feelings. The Nasserite Al-Wahdawi newspaper said it would publish the text of the press reportage to see the response of the Information Ministry that sue a number of opposition newspapers and journalists on charges of offending the ”Sisterly Kingdom”.

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