Jail, fine for blogger in phone misuse
Court rejects 10 maid offices petition
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 10: The Misdemeanor Court sentenced a blogger to one-year imprisonment and imposed a fine of KD 2,000 over allegations of mobile phone misuse. He was acquitted of offending the judiciary based on a complaint lodged by the Cybercrimes Unit.
The blogger posted on his Twitter account in July comments deemed offensive to the company that constructed the new building of the Public Prosecution.
However, he denied the allegation, insisting that he did not aim at offending the judiciary authority but intended to criticize the governmental work.
Meanwhile, Detention Renewal Judge dismissed the request for the release of the accused, who include businessmen, officers and others, in the lawsuit of hospitality of Ministry of Interior, extending the detention for 14 days and sending the accused back to the Central Prison. They denied the allegations, and the businessman, identified only as H.T., insisted that he has no relation with the senior official, identified only as A.H., stressing that he did not sign any document concerning embezzlement.
He revealed that he owns several companies that are responsible for hotels and other properties, insisting that he knows nothing at all about the issue.
Petition rejected: The Constitutional Court chaired by Justice Yousef Al-Mutawa rejected a petition filed by 10 domestic workers bureaus against the constitutionality of Articles 17 and 51 of Domestic Law No. 68/2015.
The petition focused on the context of the two articles in question that oblige the domestic workers recruitment bureaus to return (deport) domestic workers back to their home countries in case there’s any hindrance toward their services to employers, or they refuse to continue working and there’s no opportunity available to transfer them to another bureau.
The petitioners said they are owners of domestic workers bureaus and recruitment agencies established in accordance with Law No. 40/1992 that organizes the activities of domestic workers and those in their capacity, affirming they have been in business since the above-mentioned law was issued. “That’s why we’re surprised by new laws instituted to regulate the recruitment of domestic workers – citing the two articles that prescribed penalties deemed unjust to the bureaus,” they noted.