Dubai: A female cafe manager has been accused of offending a policeman and prohibiting him from checking the identification cards of her staff following a brawl. The police were summoned to the cafe in July after a skirmish, but the 36-year-old Ethiopian manager shouted at the policeman and prevented him from asking her staff for their Emirates Ids or labour cards. The Ethiopian woman pleaded not guilty and refuted her accusations when she appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance on Wednesday. One of the clients claimed to me that an Ethiopian woman had taken his wallet and mobile … the client pointed at a woman [a waitress]. When I asked her for her identification papers, the suspect [cafe manager] stepped in and told her not to give me the papers.

Source: Ethiopian News March 22, 2017 12:01 UTC