A federal law to ensure the safety and protection of children in the UAE
has been drafted by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice
President and Ruler of Dubai.

The move follows Sheikh Mohammed's
visit to Latifa Hospital in Dubai to meet a seven-year-old Emirati girl
identified as Mira, who was allegedly tortured by her father, UAE daily
Gulf News reported on Thursday.

Mira’s father, a former
government employee, was arrested for torturing and killing his
eight-year-old daughter, Wadeema, and dumping her body in the desert,
the report added.

Police recovered Wadeema’s body last week from the desert near Al Fayah village off Hatta-Oman road.

According
to the newspaper, the parents and siblings of the suspect, identified
as Hamad, 27, have said he must face the gallows.

Prosecutors
are waiting for lab reports to know whether there were DNA traces found
on the iron Hamad allegedly used to torture both the children, the
report added.

“The Family and Juveniles Prosecution referred the
iron that was confiscated from the father’s flat in International City
to the biological lab, where it will be examined to decide whether there
were DNA traces of the two daughters. The results will then be matched
with what was mentioned in the forensic report to decide whether they
are consistent,” Gulf News quoted a senior prosecution source as saying.