Expats found selling, advertising ‘foam’ in festivals to be deported
Five citizens jailed for joining ‘Qaeda’ terror group
KUWAIT CITY, Feb 13: Kuwait Municipality has warned Kuwaiti and expatriate shop owners and hawkers who make brisk business by selling or advertising foam during the National Days festivities to abandon the idea, reports Al-Rai daily.
The daily quoting the source noted the Municipality will enforce the stiffests penalty against perpetrators of the act. He said expatriates found culpable will be deported, noting files could be referred to the Public Authority for Manpower to close down concerned shops in case the expatriates aren’t deported.
He stressed Kuwaitis and Bedouns will be treated according to the rule of law by making them sign undertaking never to repeat the act.
He indicated the Municipality has categorized those who are involved in the sale of foam into three. The first category is a worker who sells the contraband at investment or commercial complexes. The seller in this case will be held responsible for the violation rather than owner of the property.
He noted hawkers fall into the second category, and if caught in the act, their sponsors will be invited to arrange for their deportation.
“The last entails children who are still regarded as minor; therefore, their sponsors will be invited for investigation”.
He reiterated all the aforementioned cases will be dealt with according to the rule of law, in collaboration with concerned authorities in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Interior, and the Public Authority for Manpower.
Jail for five:
Five Kuwaiti citizens who were accused of joining Al-Qaeda terrorist organization have been each sentenced to five-year imprisonment with hard labor by the Criminal Court, says Al-Seyassah.
A State Security case had been filed against them and they were charged with joining Al-Qaeda terrorist organization and committing aggressive acts against a foreign country (Afghanistan), which exposed Kuwait to the danger of war and deterioration of its political ties with that country.
They were also charged with receiving training on the use of weapons with full awareness that those who trained them have terroristic objectives and were aiming to use them for achieving these objectives.
Meanwhile, the Criminal Court sentenced a GCC national to seven-year imprisonment for obtaining Kuwaiti citizenship using forgery, and acquitted others in the lawsuit filed against a total of 13 individuals.
The Public Prosecution had charged the suspect with receiving public funds and employment in the public sector as well as relevant benefits and allowances, and services from Public Authority for Housing Welfare through the Kuwaiti citizenship that he obtained illegally through forgery.
It also charged him with providing false information to state bodies and banks using an ID card that carried the name of the person whose identity he assumed.
According to the case file, investigations were carried following the discovery of the incident which revealed an agreement between a Saudi national and a Kuwaiti citizen as per which the Kuwaiti citizen agreed to provide his Kuwaiti ID card to the Saudi national and to help in issuance of a Kuwaiti ID card under the name of the Saudi national. This enabled the Saudi national to visit the Department of Citizenship and Passport Affairs at Ministry of Interior and apply for Kuwaiti citizenship.
Over 1,000 nabbed:
Public Security Sector embarked on a series of security campaigns from Feb 4-10, which resulted in the arrest of 1,337 individuals for various offenses, reports AlSeyassah daily.
The suspects included 247 people wanted for criminal and civil cases, in addition to absconders. Also, 676 individuals were arrested for residency related violations; 86 were involved in drugs, 2 in alcohol, in addition to 38 marginal workers and 52 theft cases and hawking.
Officers recovered 31 vehicles, impounded 72 vehicles, resolved 288 quarrels and issued 1,546 citations for various traffic violations, including motorists who parked in places allotted for disabled people. They provided 1,779 humanitarian assistance and dealt with 1,209 traffic accidents. A prominent landmark the Kuwait Towers stand tall on the Arabian Gulf. A restaurant greets visitors in the bigger
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