A student thrown into a Dubai jail cell for three months after "gently tapping" an airport security officer during a search has been freed.New Yorker Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, 21, a business arts student at Lehman College in New York, was arrested after a seemingly mild incident during a "humiliating" search at Dubai airport on July 14 and given a one-year jail sentence.
Passing through the airport security, officials were alerted to a brace Ms De Los Santos was wearing with under-wiring on it. She told the airport security the brace was medical and she had been mandated to wear it 24/7 after having surgery.Veteran unable to leave UAE since 2018 amid legal battle begs for help coming homeShe was then escorted to a private room where she was instructed to remove the brace, which goes around her waist, stomach and upper chest.
The 21-year-old “gently touched” one of the female customs officer’s arms as she tried to motion to her friend. On August 24 the student was fined AED 10,000 , which should have enabled her to leave the UAE, but this was prohibited after customs officials appealed the sentence. Ms Stirling added: "We are of course thankful that Elizabeth is on her way home but is that really a happy ending? She should have been home in May. Instead, she has been left with the scars of an incomprehensibly traumatic experience for a young student, she has lost US$50,000 that she will never be compensated for. Furthermore, she’s been convicted on the basis of mere allegations, sentenced to a year’s prison, fined and deported. That in itself is a disgrace.
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