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- Public Prosecution warns against dropping or insulting Saudi National Flag and reveals its penalty
Posted by : Aahil Shaik
Monday, February 21, 2022
Public Prosecution warns against dropping or insulting Saudi National Flag and reveals its penalty
The Public Prosecution in Saudi Arabia warned everyone against dropping or insulting Saudi National Flag, the Royal flag, or any other Emblem of the Kingdom in anyway, with hatred or contempt for the authority of the government, whether they act in public or in a public place or a place open to the public.
The Public Prosecution said that whoever commits any of the mentioned acts is liable to imprisonment for up to a year, and a fine of up to 3,000 Saudi riyals. Recommend : Why Saudi Arabia's flag never Half-Mast lowered even at the Mourning
- The Prosecution explained that the kingdom's flag and the royal flag are appreciated and respected, and in the center of them, there is Shahadah, There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and a sword in the middle.
- The public prosecution pointed that the royal flag matches the national flag in its descriptions and is embroidered in the lower corner adjacent to the flag stick with gilded silk threads, the state emblem, which is the two crossed swords topped by a palm tree. Download and Install Saudi Expatriates application on Mobile
- The warning from public prosecution comes as a reminder, as the Kingdom to witness Saudi Founding Day on 22nd February, the streets and cities of the country decorated with Saudi National flag in its celebration.