Police in Saudi Arabia have detained a woman who featured in a social media video wearing a miniskirt and a crop-top as she strolled through a Saudi city, according to a Saudi police announcement, edition.cnn.com reports.
The woman, who has been questioned by Riyadh police, told them that “the viral videos were published by an account attributed to her without her knowledge,” according to the statement. The statement notes that the woman’s case has been referred to the general prosecution department in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
On Sunday, the spokesperson for the Presidency of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice — also known as the religious police — announced that the group was monitoring the issue and taking the “necessary steps” to address a viral video depicting a “girl in offensive clothing.”
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