Unique way to separate from husband

A woman in Saudi Arabia has taken a unique approach to demanding a divorce from her husband. She monitored her husband's WhatsApp account for nine months and then filed for divorce.

Giving details, Okaz newspaper said that the wife suspected that her husband was deviating from her. To dispel the suspicion, she kept reviewing all their WhatsApp messages for 9 consecutive months and then requested separation and divorce. The husband has offered to reconcile to avoid a dispute.

Khalid Abu Rashid, a legal adviser, copied the WhatsApp and commented on the legality of monitoring it, saying that what the woman did was a crime in the eyes of the law. Information falls under the category of crime, which is punishable by one year imprisonment and a fine of up to 500,000 riyals.

Abu Rashid said that neither husband nor wife or father or brother is allowed to hack anyone's mobile phone. Doing so is a legal offense. Family ties are not taken into account. No one in the family is allowed to hack anyone's mobile phone or get the information mentioned in it.