LUNGI ban in Sharjah

The police are reportedly cracking down on men wearing the dress in public places.
Local reports said an Asian man was arrested and interrogated by a police patrol in Sharjah a few days ago for wearing a lungi in public. He was told not to wear the dress in public again.
The news was met with mixed reactions from Indians in the UAE. “ I never wear it outside my home and never would,” Srikumar, a Keralite in Dubai said. “ But I still don't understand what’s the problem as long as a lungi properly covers the body.
“Probably this person was wearing a lungi that did not have its two ends stitched together,” he said.
Indecent and revealing clothes are generally discouraged in the emirate and this is an extension of the same.
“The decency law was implemented in Sharjah 10 years ago, a police officer told Gulf News . He said people were expected to wear decent clothes in public, but did not explain if there was a ban on wearing the lungi in public.
Besides Indians, people from Pakistan, Myanmar and other South Asian countries also wear the lungi .