KUWAIT CITY, Nov 27: The Criminal Court acquitted an Azerbaijani, a Syrian and a Jordanian of using fake dollar bills worth $200,000.
Case files indicate the Public Prosecution on March 14, 2010 charged the three expatriates with using counterfeit dollar bills. One of the suspects was also accused of possessing an illegal weapon with 248 bullets.
The lawyer for the suspects asked the court to acquit his clients due to lack of evidence.
The session was presided over by Judge Adnan Al-Jaser.

Editor fined: The Court of Cassation ordered the editor-in-chief of a local newspaper to pay KD 3,000 compensation for moral damages to the Kuwait Sports Club.
Attorney Yaqoub Abdulmohsen, who represented the club in court, explained the editor-in-chief was asked to pay the compensation for the publication of an article deemed offensive to the administrative board of the club, athletes, officials and patrons.
He said even if the Constitution guarantees freedom of expression the act of abusing individuals or the use of dirty language is still punishable by law because this might incite trouble and is against public interest. He praised the leadership and thanked the Kuwaiti judiciary for ensuring justice for all.

‘Pay damages’: The Court of Cassation ordered a union leader from Kuwait Airways Company Hammad Al-Muhri to pay a fine of KD 1,000 to Adel Al-Sultan, with an additional KD 200 for the service of an attorney, on an article Al-Muhri had published which allegedly damaged his image.
Al-Sultan explained the article, containing abusive and denigrating statements by the union leader and directed against him, was published in the local dailies on Feb 7, 2010 and caused great damage to his personality.
He requested the court must oblige Al-Muhri to pay a temporary compensation of KD 5001 and publish the punishment in the local dailies, as well as settle the attorney’s fee.