Journalist Hafedh Mutair reveals what happened in State of National Army, intelligence in Marib

English - Sunday 16 June 2019 الساعة 03:36 pm
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A Yemeni journalist explains what have happened to him in Marib province after gunmen stormed his house before his children and forcibly took and put him in a jail on Monday, June 10.

"Even though I had tried to remain silent about the raid on my house, threatening to kill me before my children and put me in the jail of the Military investigation till the Houthi militias did not exploit the case to distort Marib and the Legitimacy because the latter is our last refuge..." the Yemeni journalist Hafedh Mutair said on Facebook.

"I will explain in this post what are going on to me in the investigation. First six gunmen in military uniforms stormed my house, they point guns at me. the gunmen said " do not move otherwise you will face consequences", they took my Janbeyah, a Yemeni traditional uniform, " if you move here or there, you are going to blame yourself",

" the gunmen asked about my phone to take it, but my phone was taken by my wife who was out in a neighboring house for a family visit in Eid al-Fatr vacation, they took me; two gunmen in my left side and two in the right side. I said to them " we shall wait till my kids bring the phone" the gunmen replied " we will come back to take it".

" ...they put me in solitary confinement ( 30 CM * 60 CM). The Journalist Hafedh Mutair has disclosed the corruption

"...they questioned me about my writing on Facebook, I replied to them " my writing dictates of my conscience and for the interests of Yemen.

It is worth to mention it that the Journalist Mutair shared stories on Facebook about officers' corruption belonging to the National Army, including al-Kuhlani.