Kenyan man in Saudi jail over 'chat with a woman'

Haki Africa Communications O?cer Salma Hemed (right) with Khadija Rashid, who poses with a photo of her son, Juma Laki, in Mombasa Tuesday. Mr Laki is said to be languishing in a Saudi Arabia jail after he was found chatting with a woman on Facebook . [PHOTO: OMONDI ONYANGO/STANDARD]

MOMBASA: A 20-year-old Kenyan man is languishing in a Saudi jail after he was accused of having pictures of a woman on his cell phone and chatting with her via the phone.

The act is said to be in apparent contravention of the Sunni kingdom's puritannical laws.