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Deyaar ignores impending court battle
Deyaar has been in the media recently with a news item that raised many eyebrows. Deyaar’s CEO, Zack Shahin resigned over alleged embezzlement. The tone has for the most part been that Zack Shahin is guilty, before a case has even made it to court. The police has apparently extended Zack’s detention for another 30 days. Several arrests are made and now Deyaar’s Nasser Bin Hassan Al-Shaikh says, “From the looks of it, it will go to court, we have enough evidence to take it to court.” in an interview with Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in Egypt.
For those who have not had the privilege of being introduced to Dubai’s legal system, almost anything and everything is enough to go to court. The more complicated a case is, the more likely it will go to court. The Public Prosecution is simply a bureaucratic step before the inevitable court date. Nothing to be particularly excited about.
I know very little about the details of the case, but I thought it would be worth pointing out that we should always assume the accused is innocent until proven guilty — opposite of the legal system (and the media).
It is also interesting to see that Deyaar’s website has nothing to say about this case.
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i think it’s not good for Deyyar Reputattion, still i just got the report whatever media is saying from deyaar’s point of view i want to know what Zack Shahin is saying in his explaination.
thanks
Basit Javed
Zack Shahin is innocent. It has been 6 months since his detention and still no case has been found or filed against him. Those who committed the crime confessed, admitted their involvement and have paid back the money they owed Deyaar. So why is Mr Shahin still detained? Are all expats in Dubai just scapegoats?! Shame on Dubai for treating people this way!!
Shame on Dubai and its legal system. It is my understanding that Mr. Shahin has been in jail for over six months without the oppertunity for bail or to defend himself. Building the tallest sky scraper or an indoor sky resort is nice but having autocratic dark age tent mentality on the legal system will not help Dubai improve its reputation in the western world. I am a US citizen and will never venture to your part of the world, business or not, knowing full well that I may end up in jail because of your antiquated legal system