A teenager who stopped traffic as he danced the Macarena in the middle of the street has been arrested by Saudi police for 'violating public morals'.
一位少年在街道中央跳瑪卡雷娜，阻礙了交通，然后被沙特阿拉伯警方以“危害公共道德”的罪名給逮捕了。

The 14-year-old boy has been hauled in by officers and taken for questioning, despite the incident happening more than a year ago.
雖然這一事件發(fā)生于一年多之前，但這名14歲的男孩還是被帶到了警局，接受審問。

In a 45-second clip, the teenager can be seen disrupting drivers while dancing to the popular 1990s hit in the area of Jeddah.
從一段45秒的視頻中可以看到這名少年在吉達地區(qū)跳90年代的熱門舞曲，而他的這一行為阻礙了司機駕駛。

It is not clear why police have arrested him now after it emerged the video was first posted in July 2016.
這個視頻最早是在2016年7月被拍到的，目前還不清楚警方為什么現(xiàn)在逮捕他。

However, laws in Saudi Arabia give officials and judges the power to punish and arrest children at their discretion.
然而，沙特阿拉伯的法律賦予了官員和法官自行懲罰和逮捕兒童的權(quán)力。

Today Saudi police released a statement to say the 14-year-old boy had been detained.
今天沙特阿拉伯警方發(fā)表了一篇聲明，稱這名14歲的男孩已被拘留了。

Mecca officers said the teenager was being questioned because he had shown 'improper public behaviour' and disrupted traffic.
麥加警方表示，這名少年因其“在公共場所的不當行為”以及阻礙交通的罪名而被警方審問。

It was not clear whether he would be formally charged.
目前還不清楚他是否會被正式起訴。

（翻譯：Dlacus）

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