Thermal cameras at border idle for 5 years

Repairs not done ... huge financial loss

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 30: Investigations carried out by the Public Prosecution on surveillance cameras which are installed at the Kuwait-Iraq border, based on a report referred to it by the Ministry of Interior, show a number of these devices have been ‘idle’ since day one of their installation in 2014, reports Al-Jarida daily.

To add insult to injury the extensions to some of these thermal cameras have not been completed and some of them reportedly were operational just for a few days.

The sources say, it is surprising that no one in the Ministry of

It was reported later that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark contacted its Kuwaiti counterpart confirming the extension of the daughter’s passport, resulting in the issuance of tourist visas to the woman and her daughter.

Jail term reduced: The Court of Appeals, headed by Counselor Nasr Al-Haid, overturned the verdict of the Court of First instance and reduced the sentence of a Kuwaiti man (homosexual) to two years imprisonment with hard labor, reports Al-Rai daily.

The lower court had earlier sentenced the man to five years imprisonment for entering beauty parlor dressed as a woman with enlarged chest and kissing the owner.

He was discovered when one of the women in the salon discovered the truth and brought it to the Interior has taken the initiative to repair these devices in spite of the fact that there is a clause in the contract which clearly states that the signatory company to the contract is duty bound to repair them as and when required. This negligence has caused losses to the State Treasury believed to be more than one million dinars.

The sources added, a team of public prosecutors recently spent about 18 hours at the border to inspect these cameras through private records.

The sources pointed out, these thermal cameras are designed to detect minute details about movement at the border,

notice of the owner, and the latter jokingly asked the suspect to prove that he was a girl.

At this point the suspect answered in a harsh voice which disclosed his identity and he left the saloon. When he was about to escape police caught him near the exit and although he denied entering the parlor, the CCTV footage proved otherwise.

Lawyer not abused: The General Department of Public Relations and Media Security of the Ministry of Interior has denied that an attorney was arbitrarily abused by police at the Hadiya Police Station, reports Al-Anba daily.

The source said what happened at the airport does not fall within the Code of Criminal Procedure, which stipulates the confidentiality of the investigation and cooperation with the police and investigation in the exercise of the legal particularly infiltrators and smugglers in all weather conditions, but to the surprise of the inspectors these cameras have been idle for five years and the relevant department in the Ministry of Interior has done nothing to get them repaired.

The sources pointed out that the investigations show there was correspondence between the border security department and the finance department of the Interior Ministry on this issue but surprisingly none of the two sectors have taken the initiative to replace the faulty cameras or got them repaired as per one of the clauses in the contract.

profession.

Since the attorney did not play by the rules, the security personnel at the station and the investigator have filed a complaint against the lawyer.

Account hacked:

An unidentified Kuwait has filed a complaint with the police accusing an unidentified person of withdrawing money from his bank account in seven intervals, reports Al-Rai daily.

The theft was discovered when the Kuwait went to a local bank branch to withdraw some money and he discovered the discrepancy in the bank balance.

When he approached the bank, he realized that someone had in fact made seven transfers via the Internet.

The case has been handed over to the Cybercrimes Department of the Ministry of Interior.