Steps taken to end ‘agony’ of domestics stranded at airport
Six women among 16 held at Salwa ‘wild’ party
KUWAIT CITY, June 19: Ten Kuwaiti men and six women were arrested from an apartment in Salwa area where an illicit party was being held.
According to security sources, Ministry of Interior received several complaints from tenants of Salwa area about some individuals who rent flats in the area in order to hold illicit parties.
Immediately, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Security Affairs Major General Ibrahim Al-Tarrah formed a security team headed by Hawally Security Director Major General Abdeen Al-Abdeen.
They kept a tab on one of the flats under suspicion. After confirming about an illicit party being held in the flat, a warrant was obtained from the Public Prosecution and the flat was raided. The team arrested ten Kuwaiti men accompanied with six women who were wearing skimpy party attire.
Necessary legal action was taken and the suspects were referred to the General Department for Criminal Evidences.
Domestics agony:
In a humanitarian gesture the Director-General of the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Eng. Yousef Al-Fawzan has taken steps to put an end to the ‘agony’ of domestic workers who remain for long hours and even days and months at the airport after arriving in the country, reports Al-Qabas daily.
He added, a window has been opened at the Kuwait International Airport to take care of these workers, and at the same time the sponsors or domestic labor offices will be punished (in the form of monetary fines) if the domestic workers are ‘abandoned’ at the airport for more than 8 hours.
He added, the sponsors or domestic labor offices are under obligation to receive the workers the moment they arrive at the airport and provide them adequate housing, food and other amenities.
Al-Fawzan added, domestic workers who are abandoned at the airport for long hours, days or in some cases even more than a month will be provided suitable food and accommodation through a contracting company. This decision has been taken due to repeated incidents of neglect on the part of the sponsors and domestic workers’ offices.
The official stressed the DGCA will float a tender to hire the company to provide the best services suitable for domestic workers.
He went on to say, the “Kuwait International Airport is not a hotel and this phenomenon must end through appropriate organization and satisfactory services to all parties.
Hit with herpes:
The Court of Appeals recently overturned the verdict of the lower court and ordered the defendant to pay attorney’s fees.
The Court of First Instance had earlier, citing lack of evidence ruled in favor of the defendant.
According to the case papers, the plaintiff accuses her ex-husband of transmitting herpes, a contagious disease, to her and to her son.
The court, after examining the evidence and documents by an expert, confirmed that the wife and son were infected with herpes but failed to determine the time of the infection, because the husband was not available for tests.
The plaintiff, who has obtained the divorce after having given birth to her son, said the defendant, her ex-husband, was in the habit of illegal sexual relations and allegedly contracted the disease from one of those relationships which is incurable.
In his report, a forensic doctor concluded that the wife and son were infected with the herpes virus in the light of the available medical papers, but the date of the infection could not be determined because the husband was unavailable for a medical test.
Verdict reversed:
The Court of Appeals reversed the verdict of a lower court, which instructed a Lebanese businessman to pay KD 173,000 as per the Admission of Liability order issued by the Ministry of Justice, says Al-Seyassah.
The higher court dismissed the appeal filed by the respondent which asked the businessman to pay the amount.
Representing the businessman was Attorney Jassem Al-Tuweini who argued that his client agreed with the respondent to establish a company and fund it with the abovementioned amount.
However, the respondent failed to honor his side of the agreement and then filed a lawsuit to demand for the amount. Al-Tuweini requested for nullification of his client’s liability and pledge to pay the agreed amount one time.
Armed robbery foiled:
Two young bedoun have reportedly handed over a 50-year-old Kuwaiti to the security authorities, reports Al-Anba daily.
The daily added, the man armed with a Kalashnikov rifle, attempted to steal four heads of cattle and even shot at the guard of the livestock pen but missed the target.
The pen is reportedly owned by
the two bedoun.
New jobs available:
Ministry of Interior is on the verge of filling some vacant leadership positions in its various sectors due to retirement of the ministry’s Undersecretary Lieutenant General Mahmoud Al-Dosari after reaching the legal age of service, says Al-Seyassah.
The sectors to be filled with new appointments include public security, traffic, special security and several others, while appointments will come out after approval of nominations for promotion to the rank of undersecretaries.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah will submit a list of nominees to the Council of Ministers for that purpose, noting the appointments will lead to reshuffling of officials.
Lieutenant General Essam Al-Nuham who occupies the ‘acting’ position based on seniority, will most likely become the new substantive undersecretary.