Hardtime, steep fines for citizenship forger
Deportation follows 15-year jail term
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: The Criminal Court presided over by Judge Waleed Al-Kandari issued verdict against a Kuwaiti citizen and two Syrian expatriates over different charges in a State Security case filed against them for forging official documents to attain Kuwaiti citizenship.
The court sentenced the first defendant in absentia to five-year imprisonment over the first charge and acquitted him over the second. It sentenced the third defendant to 15-year imprisonment followed by deportation, imposed a fine of KD 258,000, ordered him to return a sum of KD 129,000 and demanded the termination of his job.
The court acquitted the second defendant over the second charge and granted nonsuit for the second defendant.
The Public Prosecution had accused the defendants of perpetrating the act during the period between 2004 and 2015, as registered at the Capital Governorate’s Citizenship Investigation Unit. The first defendant allegedly forged official
documents that he presented as originals. The documents included birth notification, birth certificate, evidence of citizenship, civil ID card, passport and travel documents for the third defendant, but they were issued under an impersonated name ‘F.S’.
The first defendant had exploited the good intent of the concerned employees by claiming that the third defendant was his son, due to which the employees accepted the fake documents as authentic and went ahead in issuing the aforementioned documents that made them valid for the real purpose they are meant to serve.
As for the second and third defendants, they conspired with the first defendant to forge the documents with monetary inducement. The third defendant was accused of forging official documents to be submitted for citizenship application file, renewal of civil ID card, traveling passport and employment contract. Other documents were voluntary service decision, passports and birth certificates of his two children purportedly issued at Ministry of Health, Public Authority for Civil Information, Ministry of Justice and
Ministry of Interior- all under the impersonated name.
The documents also enabled the defendant to gain employment based on voluntary contract and he was receiving full salary without meeting the allotted conditions and regulations. He used illegitimate means to collect a total of KD 129,677.848 from the workplace. This formed the basis for the first and third allegations, because the first and second defendants had conspired to forge documents for the third defendant to obtain citizenship by illegitimate means.
Meanwhile, counsel to the second defendant Lawyer Abdulmohsen Al-Qattan faulted the confession attributed to his client. He insisted that the investigation officers were unable to prove that his client collected money for the service rendered, requesting the court for a non suit decision.
He stressed that even if his client was involved in the forgery of official documents, it is untenable for 10 years after the incident. He supported this claim with paragraph 1 from Article 4 of the Penal Code, adding that no penalty should be applied in that regard.
The government of Kuwait last week approved a decision to withdraw the nationality of 51 people and nullified the naturalization of others who were granted citizenship on the strength of these 51 people, reports Al-Seyassah daily.
After reviewing the Constitution, the decree of withdrawal of nationality based on Article 21 (bis a) of the Citizenship Act No. 15 of 1959 and the amended provisions, and upon a report submitted by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior the Cabinet gave the nod to withdraw the citizenship of the following people:
Mehdi Hussein Ali Al-Judai , Mariam Hussein Ali Judai, Ahmed Abdullah Alloush Al-Anzi, Hamoud Abdullah Alloush Al-Anzi, Hussein Khalaf Oud Al- Anzi, Ahmed Ali Rouman Ismail Horan Al-Anzi, Salem Mohammed Zaid Muhalhal Maayouf Jarallah Al-Marri,
Zaid Muhalhal Maayouf Jarallah Al-Marri, Abdullah Sharea Abdul Razak, Hammad Sharea Abdul Razak Al-Ali Allahou, Jamaan Mijren Mohammed Al-Mutairi, Said Jaber Shetan Mohsen Zayed Al-Ajmi, Mahdi Njie Mahdi Ali Al-Ajmi, Ali Mahdi Mohammed Naji AlAjmi, Ayed Mohammed Obaid Al-Ajmi, Hamoud Mohammed Obaid Al-Ajmi, Mansour Mohammed Obaid Al-Ajmi, Saad Mohammed Obaid Al-Ajmi, Jaber Awad Massoud Ajami, Dhari Ali Mohamed Masoud Al-Ajmi, Muhammad Ali Mohamed Masoud Al-Ajmi, Manea Ali Mohamed Masoud Al-Ajmi, Salah Ali Mohamed Masoud Al-Ajmi, Jaber Ali Mohamed Masoud Al-Ajmi, Saif Ali Mohamed Masoud Al-Ajmi, Abdulrahman Badr Manea Hassan Salem Al-Ajmi, Hussein Mahdi Mansour Fahid Juwaid Al-Ajmi, Khaled Mahdi Mansour Fahid Al-Ajmi, Hamoud Saeed Mubarak Ghraib Hamad Al-Ajmi, Saleh Mohammad Saleh Hassan Mohammed Al-Ajmi, Mite’ib Mohammed Saleh Mohammed Hassan Al-Ajmi, Mohammed Saleh Hassan Al-Ajmi, Hamad Mohammed Saleh Mohammed Hassan Al-Ajmi, Mubarak Fahd Mohammed Ali Salem al-Ajmi, Bassam Abdul Mohsen Misfer Mahdi Ali Al-Ajmi, Mubarak Misfer Mahdi Mansour Fahid Juwaid Al-Ajmi, Fahad Shabib Mohammed Daghash Afnis AlAjmi, Maees Mahdi Hussein Minahi Ayedh Al-Ajmi, Sultan Ali Mohamed Masoud Al-Ajmi, Miteab Ali Mohamed Masoud Al-Ajmi, Sultan Mubarak Hussein Misfer Mubarak Al-Ajmi, Abdullah Nasser Khrassan Minhai Shatran Ajmi, Said Alian Mohammad Hadi Zeban AlAjmi, Fanis Salem Misfer Mahdi Ali AlAjmi, Mohammad Siraj Ishaq Atef Saeed Al-Ajmi, Khalid Abdulla Hamad Gharib Hamad lafi Misfer Al Ajmi, Zayed Abdullah Gharib Hamad lafi Misfer Al Ajmi, Jabir Siraj Abdullah Siraj Ibrahim Al-Ajmi, Amer Nassar Ali Misfer Mahdi Ali Al-Ajmi, Fahd Mohammed Hamdan, Mohammed Mahdi Al-Ajmi, Walid Mohammed Hamdan and Mohammed Mahdi Misrea Al-Ajmi.