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Sohaila Ahmed, Staff Reporter

The Sharjah Police have warned residents against any offensive actions or behaviours that seek to obstruct the procedures taken to protect the community, or diminish the value of actions taken by those responsible of implementing preventive programmes.

All are told to avoid saying or committing actions that ridicule community members.

This came in response to a video that was posted to ridicule the efforts made by teams of national sterilisation programme in one of Sharjah’s neighbourhoods.

The person, who also mocked residents of that neighbourhood in his video, was arrested and referred to the public prosecution to be legally charged for his actions.

The Sharjah Police noted that legal actions will be taken against anyone who posts offensive material or uses an abusive language via social media platforms or any other mean.