Abu Dhabi // An Interior Ministry employee had his five-year jail sentence for passing confidential information to the Indian consulate upheld.
M Q, from India, who worked as a translator at the ministry, was convicted by the Criminal Court of passing classified police information to an Indian embassy employee.
M Q repeatedly denied the accusation and said he was only exchanging information regarding an inheritance lawsuit.
His defence lawyer argued in previous hearings that he had not access to secret information and no proof was found.
However, the Appeals Court upheld the original decision in the capital on Tuesday.
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