CAIRO - Egypt yesterday barred doctors from taking up jobs in Saudi Arabia after an Egyptian medic was sentenced to 1500 lashes and 15 years in jail for allegedly turning a Saudi princess into a drug addict.
CAIRO - Egypt yesterday barred doctors from taking up jobs in Saudi Arabia after an Egyptian medic was sentenced to 1500 lashes and 15 years in jail for allegedly turning a Saudi princess into a drug addict.
Manpower and immigration minister Aisha Abdel Hadi has "stopped issuing work permits to Egyptian doctors in Saudi Arabia until the end of the crisis," the independent Al-Masry al-Youm newspaper said.
Rauf Amin, 53, was sentenced for giving the princess morphine. - Sapa-AFP
Medic gets 1500 lashes
CAIRO - Egypt yesterday barred doctors from taking up jobs in Saudi Arabia after an Egyptian medic was sentenced to 1500 lashes and 15 years in jail for allegedly turning a Saudi princess into a drug addict.
CAIRO - Egypt yesterday barred doctors from taking up jobs in Saudi Arabia after an Egyptian medic was sentenced to 1500 lashes and 15 years in jail for allegedly turning a Saudi princess into a drug addict.
Manpower and immigration minister Aisha Abdel Hadi has "stopped issuing work permits to Egyptian doctors in Saudi Arabia until the end of the crisis," the independent Al-Masry al-Youm newspaper said.
Rauf Amin, 53, was sentenced for giving the princess morphine. - Sapa-AFP