31/07/2025
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31/07/2025
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KUWAIT CITY, July 31: The Criminal Court, headed by Counselor Abdulwahab Al-Muaili, sentenced a well-known Saudi poet to life imprisonment for forging Kuwaiti citizenship and embezzling public funds. The court also imposed a fine of KD1,793,000 and ordered him to return the money he obtained unlawfully. Investigations revealed that the accused obtained Kuwaiti citizenship in 1995, at the age of 34. After being added to the file of a deceased Kuwaiti citizen, he changed his name, renounced his Saudi citizenship, and obtained a birth certificate dated 1972, although he was born 11 years earlier. The decision to withdraw citizenship included his 27 children (male and female), because their nationality is linked to his forged citizenship; the case documents showed that the accused left Kuwait in 2016, and his citizenship was withdrawn in June 2024.
By Jaber Al-Hamoud
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff
