Citizen gets 17 years jail with hard labor for offending Amir
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KUWAIT CITY, March 22: The Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Waleed Al-Madhkour, sentenced a citizen to 17 years imprisonment with hard labor for uttering words deemed offensive to HH the Amir and other personalities through a social communication website. The accused appeared in a video clip he sent to the website, offending the entity of HH the Amir, other ruling family members and other personalities. It has been reported that the citizen was born in 1993 and a former officer in Kuwait Army. In addition, he and his family dropped their Qatari citizenship. The citizen was deported to Kuwait from Qatar after being discovered that he was not in the country during the production of the video clip through which he insulted the head of this society and other prominent personalities.
Social allowance granted: The Court of Appeals presided over by Judge Adel Yousef Al-Kandari ordered Ministry of Health to pay a female Kuwaiti employee, who is married to a non-Kuwaiti and have two children with him, social allowance of KD 50 per month for each child retroactively from the date her husband stopped bearing the expenses. Lawyer Nuha Al-Res filed a lawsuit on behalf of the woman, stating that her client’s husband has stopped paying for the expenses of their children. She quoted the Civil Service Commission’s decision related to regulations for social allowance, declaring that her client’s expatriate husband defied the court order that mandated him to take care of the monthly expenses of their children. She presented a document from the Sentences Enforcement Department to support this claim.
Citizen acquitted in drugs case: The Court of Appeals presided over by Judge Ibrahim Al-Obaid upheld the verdict issued by the Court of First Instance which acquitted a Kuwaiti citizen who was accused of possessing drugs, intoxicants and firearms. The court took this decision due to lack of evidences that were able to prove the defendant had actually possessed the seized items. The defense counsel Lawyer Mohammad Fahad Al-Mutairi won the defense at both courts, proving beyond doubt of the court that the prosecutors were unable to present convincing evidences to indict his client. Meanwhile, the Court of Appeals chaired by Judge Adel Al-Huwaidi upheld the verdict of First Instance Court, and discharged and acquitted a suspect of consuming narcotics. Lawyer Mohammad Khalil Al-Qattan from Khalil Al-Qattan Law Firm stood in as the defense attorney in court. He faulted the submission of the prosecutor who alleged that his client was caught in possession of amphetamine for consumption purpose. Al-Qattan argued that the police should not have taken over the urine test to find out whether or not his client’s urine contained traces of the drug, because that was the prerogative of Public Prosecution. He also faulted procedures leading to the search and arrest of his client, since it was done without proper warrant. He concluded there was no sufficient proof to indict his client.
Allegations tied to wrong action: Lawyer Abdul-Hamid Al-Sarraf, legal representative of the former Director General of Public Authority for Social Security Fahad Al-Raj’an, affirmed that the allegation against his client has to do with wrong action he took that yielded negative consequences on public funds, according to report of the Public Prosecution. Lawyer Al-Sarraf said his client was not accused of misappropriation of public funds. Rather, he was accused of taking wrong steps contrary to the decision of the Minister of Finance regarding the sale of shares that are too precious to be sold. He reiterated information circulated by media does not represent the reality on ground, asserting that some media outfits and social networking sites have misrepresented the case to attract the interest of readers. He stressed the incident happened within 1995 and 1997, and the said decision was issued in 1998. He insisted some of the current officials were part of the decision to sell some shares, which is recorded in the minutes of meetings. He indicated the complaint against his client was lodged in 2008 and the case is still under investigation. He reaffirmed the only aspect of the case in the court right now is about selling the shares against the decision of the minister. He noted the main issue remains under investigation and so the public must avoid prejudgment.
By Jaber Al-Hamoud Al-Seyassah Staff
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