Mohamed Salah breaks the law, and the penalty is imprisonment

Mohamed Salah is the name that people loved so much that they called him with Arab pride, but every horse has its own setbacks. Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian professional player in the ranks of the English team Liverpool, violated the Egyptian law during a cruise he took while spending his vacation in Hurghada on the Red Sea coast in Egypt.

The international player fished, during a cruise he spent on a tourist yacht in Hurghada, in violation of Fishing Law No. 124 of 1983, and the decision to ban fishing in the Red Sea for a period of 7 months, which took effect last February and ends next September.

Dr. Mohamed Fathi Othman, former head of the Fisheries Authority in Egypt, told Al Arabiya.net that the decision aims to achieve the preservation of the marine environment, and to give the opportunity for fish hatchlings to increase fish production, noting that the law prohibits workers in the field of fishing and those who have a license. Practicing the profession of fishing during the validity period of the decision.

He added that amateurs and tourists do not apply to them the decision nor the law because they are not aware of them, but the responsibility lies with the tourist boat and the owner of the yacht, stressing that the penalty is imprisonment, a fine and cancellation of the license.

Salah had traveled to Hurghada during Eid al-Fitr to spend his annual holiday, after the end of his football season with his English team, Liverpool, who won the Champions League, and occupied the English Premier League rank.

Salah boarded a tourist yacht in a famous resort owned by businessman Samih Sawiris, to spend a 3-hour trip.

Arafa Ghazali, the sailor of the yacht on which the player boarded, said that Salah boarded the yacht and set out with his friends to the Bayoudh area, which is famous for its coral reefs, and upon landing he swam for 15 minutes.

Salah published, through his accounts on the communication sites, pictures of his cruise, which impressed the pioneers of the communication sites, who expressed their appreciation to Salah for spending the holiday in his country, Egypt, and promoting it as a tourist through the communication sites.

On Wednesday, the player joined the Pharaohs national team camp, which is preparing for the African Nations Cup, which begins in Egypt on June 21.