KUWAIT: Bahraini authorities released a Kuwaiti citizen several days after he was apprehended on charges of fanning insurgency in the island kingdom. Kuwaiti MP Khalid Al-Shatty who broke the news expressed gratitude to the “great Kuwaiti diplomatic efforts led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah” which led to citizen Hassan Karam’s release.
Verdict overruled The Appeals Court overruled a court order sentencing former MP Musallam Al-Barrak to a suspended six month jail term on charges of verbal assault pressed by Minister of Planning Dr. Rula Dashty. Instead, the court ordered Al-Barrak yesterday to pay a KD3000 fine for accusing Dashty of making illegal profits when she was an MP in the 2009 parlia.
Worst demonstration MP Nabeel Al-Fadhl strongly condemned the demonstration organized on Sunday night which he dubbed “the worst in the history of night demonstrations in Kuwait as it featured bandits.” At least 50 people assaulted a police patrol after blocking their path at the Sixth Ring Road. The attack came after the procession held in Sabah Al-Nasser had come to an end, according to local newspaper reports. “These demonstrations are illegal as they are unlicensed and therefore every person who took part in them is a criminal, especially since it involved violence,” Al-Fadhl said yesterday. Moreover, Al-Fadhl criticized former MPs Musallam Al-Barrak and Mubarak Al-Wa’lan for allegedly shifting the venue of the demonstration held against the parliament and the single-vote system to Sabah Al-Nasser instead of their own place of residence in Al-Andalus. In other news, MP Yousuf Al-Zalzalah sent queries to Minister of Information Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah about any existing plan to spread awareness through the media against violence, as well as the ministry’s procedures to monitor state TV and radio stations against sectarian instigations. Also, Parliament Speaker Ali Al-Rashid received a request submitted by a number of MPs to allocate a parliamentary session to discuss the citizens’ loans issue. Meanwhile, MP Saad Al-Bous called for investigations to determine whether a team representing the Queen Margaret University has committed to the terms of its contract signed with the Ministry of Health to train staff at the Makki Jum’ah Cancer Center.
By A Saleh, Kuwait Times Staff
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