On Friday, the Nineveh Governorate Police Command announced the arrest of “Syed Will”, the name that Iraqi social media platforms have become buzzing with, to describe the accused of defrauding citizens.
And the Iraqi police revealed, in a statement, the arrest of a person they described as a fraud, in the Rashidiya area, after he built a hole in a wall in the shape of a wheel inside his house, “and defrauds citizens, claiming that this mold contains a secret and a blessing, and children who are not over a year old, and who suffer from Weakness and growth retardation are inserted through the wheel hole to recover and grow quickly.”
The police stated that they will take legal measures against him, explaining that “due to this case of fraud and fraud, we commend all the honorable residents of Nineveh Governorate to take caution and pay attention to these places and stay away from them and not fall into the trap of fraud and endanger their children,” calling in the event of any similar situation to Notify the security services of this, so that legal measures can be taken against them and to serve as an example to others, according to its statement.
Controversy on social media
These clips sparked widespread controversy on social media platforms among Iraqis, and opinions were divided between:
• Supporters saw it as nothing more than a joke that turned into an accusation.
• Opponents found the perpetrators to exploit children and deserve punishment, considering that these cases are an indication of the seriousness of the obsession with spreading on social networking sites and collecting likes, even if it costs them to commit disgraceful behaviors that amount to employing children to promote video clips and expose them to risks.
danger to children
In this context, human rights and social researcher Nawal al-Ibrahim says, in an interview with Sky News Arabia: “Unfortunately, children in Iraq have become a field of experiment and subject to various forms of violations, and this incident is a good example, as the Iraqi child is being turned into a mere tool for practicing charlatanism, profiteering and harvesting.” The high views on the communication sites, where the helpless and fearful child is crammed into a narrow metal disc, as we saw.
She added, “These communication platforms have turned into an unbridled arena to display everything that is going on within our society, including contracts and chronic psychological and social crises, so that the search for virtual fame turns into a motive to commit everything that is disgraceful and abnormal.”
Security response speed
In turn, the analyst and researcher in Iraqi affairs, Ali Al-Baydar, said, in an interview with “Sky News Arabia”: “If this video clip went unnoticed and had it not been for the speed of the security response, this man might have turned into a “spiritual healer” that attracts people from all over the country as it is. Therefore, arresting the accused within a quick record period is a step that must be built upon and circulated to deal with various similar files, especially those related to crimes of violence against children and trafficking in children.
However, what is required is to make greater efforts to besiege such backward phenomena, which are prevalent in light of the general turmoil in the country over the past decades until now, where superstitions spread at the hands of witches and charlatans who exploit the bad mood of people and their need for quick solutions to their problems and pests, and so whenever The state has weakened and its development and awareness programs have been weakened, the higher the frequency of such dangerous cases.”
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