KUWAIT CITY, May 2: A new department which has been established to look into cases filed by husbands who accuse their wives of infidelity is said to have received in 2010 alone 1,679 applications to check on the parentage of their children, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting legal sources.

Of these, 70 cases have proved to be negative. The sources say this shows a large number of women cheat on their husbands.

One of the lawyers disclosed when one man hired him to prepare a DNA test on his son he discovered the child was fathered by someone else.

The lawyer added, it is strange there is no clause in the Kuwaiti law to punish the wife who cheats on her husband unless she is caught in the act while committing adultery. To the contrary the husband is forbidden to kill or harm his wife because the law protects the wife and will punish the husband.

According to another news report, a Kuwaiti who holds PhD, requested a DNA test on his 8-year-old son and was shocked when the results did not match.

An elderly man who has four sons received more shocking news when he discovered each of his sons was fathered by a different man.

Meanwhile, lawyer Riyadh Al-Sanea speaking to the Al-Watan daily said the DNA tests have solved many problems.

For example, he said, when an unidentified maid accused her wealthy sponsor of impregnating her, the DNA tests proved she was telling lies. The tests proved the woman became pregnant after she had sex with a man working for the same sponsor.

Drug sleuths nab escaped convict in Khaitan: Security officers from the Drug Control General Department (DCGD) have arrested Ayaad Awaath Medaihish Al-Rasheedi, a Saudi national who escaped from the Central Prison recently.
According to security sources, a team of officers led by DCGD Head General Sheikh Ahmad Al-Khalifa arrested Al-Rasheedi in his house in Khaitan 60 hours after the escape. 
Besides Al-Rasheedi, sources revealed four others were arrested, including three Bedouns and a Kuwaiti — his cousin who works at the Technical Inspection Department in Jahra.  Sources said the four men will be charged with harboring a fugitive.
During interrogations, Al-Rasheedi said he escaped from prison without the help of any officer.  He disclosed he used an under construction building as the point of escape at around 9:00 pm on Friday.  He jumped from the building, resulting in a fracture in his hand but this did not deter him from pressing ahead with his escape plan.  He then took off the prison uniform and walked towards Firdous where he borrowed a phone from an Asian to call his friend who allowed him to stay in his home in Kabad for two days before moving to his flat in Khaitan. He added his cousin met him in Kabad to give him money but they all became uneasy when his escape started getting wide media attention.  This prompted him to call another cousin, who is studying in Jordan, and asked him to get a passport, so he can travel out of the country.
In the meantime, the authorities have started taking the necessary measures to correct security lapses in the Central Prison to prevent the recurrence of the jailbreak. Sheikh Ahmad confirmed acting Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Hamoud had earlier stressed the need to quickly arrest the fugitive and all the departments in the ministry joined forces to ensure the success of the operation.

Youth cries over dog: When police acting on information that a tragic accident had taken place in Al-Qairawan rushed to the spot they found a youth crying over a dead dog allegedly run over by an unidentified motorist, reports Al-Rai daily.
According to reports the motorist offered to pay the youth KD 50 compensation for the loss of his dog, but the youth refused to accept the money. The youth claimed he brought the dog from Germany and it cost him KD 5,000 and insisted on filing a lawsuit.

Expat steals watch: The Farwaniya police are looking for an unidentified person for stealing an expensive watch worth KD 6,000 from a shop inside the free zone, reports Al-Anba daily.
According to reports the suspects asked to see the watch and pretended to return to its case but in fact he dropped it in his pocket and escaped.
The thief is believed to be European.