MP fined for offending dignity, doctrine of man

Sick leave mastermind jailed

By Jaber Al-Hamoud

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 25: The Civil Section of the Cassation Court has ordered an incumbent MP to pay KD 2,000 as compensation for offending the dignity and religious doctrine of a citizen.

The Public Prosecution charged the lawmaker with offending the citizen through the comments he posted on Twitter.

Lawyer for the citizen, Attorney Ali AlAli, said the accused insulted one of the companions of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and posted comments that his client follows the ‘takfir’ ideology from the Shia sect.

The lawmaker denied the charges when he appeared in court, while AlAli demanded for KD 5,001as temporary compensation for damages caused by the lawmaker’s comments.

The Cassation Court upheld the verdict of the First Instance and Appeals courts that fined the accused KD 100 and referred the case to the concerned civil court.

Mastermind jailed:

Al-Ali

The Criminal Court chaired by Justice Muhammad Ghazi AlMutairi slapped five years imprisonment sentence with hard labor on the mastermind of the ‘medical leave forms’ forgery case, and refrained from punishing several male and female citizens implicated in the scandal.

The case file indicated the Ministry of Health referred its report on forged sick leaves to security agencies of the Interior Ministry. The list included sick leaves sealed with fake stamps of the doctors, while fake chits were discovered during Ministry of Health’s annual auditing of sick leave certificates.

The ministry had affirmed opening an investigation into the scandal against the doctors issuing such sick leaves, but at the end, it was determined they were not involved in any way. Apparently, the documents in question did not bear any reference in the ministry’s archive.

Minor acquitted:

The Criminal Court acquitted a minor of multiple thefts due to lack of incriminating evidence.

Attorney Jarrah Al-Anzi, lawyer for the accused, argued in court that his client has nothing to do with the multiple thefts, citing the absence of incriminating evidence. He attributed the accusation to the bad companionship his client had as it brought nothing to him but harm.

Counselor found drunk:

Police have arrested a Kuwaiti for driving under the influence of alcohol and crashing into the car of a compatriot which was parked in front of his house, reports Al-Rai daily.

When the police went to arrest the man, he claimed he works as counselor for a very vital government department, but his excuse was rejected. However, a case of driving under the influence of alcohol has been registered against him.

Fake cop thief held:

Personnel from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) have finally arrested the Kuwaiti who was impersonating police and robbing expatriates, reports Al-Rai daily.

According to security sources, the impersonator chose his victims very carefully. He would stop them in open areas, demand to see their Civil ID and then rob their money.

After his arrest, the suspect initially denied the charges against him, but admitted to robbing them when he was singled out from a police line-up.