French-Palestinan Jailed for Insulting Jordan’s King
AMMAN: A Frenchman was sentenced to three months in jail yesterday after having slandered King Abdullah II twice - the second time as he was being bailed on the first charge.
Palestinian-born Muntaser Shehab, 47, was arrested on January 29 after a dispute over bills at a five-star Amman hotel where he was staying.
“He left the hotel and told a taxi to take him to a money changer and, when he arrived there, he started to insult the king and country in the street,” court documents said. After two weeks in jail, Shehab was ordered released on bail pending trial.