Citizen gets death sentence for ‘killing’ Lance Corporal Al-Anzi
Egyptian arrested for stabbing Filipino in the back
By Jaber Al-Hamoud
Al-Seyassah Staff and
KUWAIT CITY, May 28: The Criminal Court sentenced a citizen to death for killing Lance Corporal Turki Al-Anzi as he deliberately ran over the victim during the National Day celebration.
The court said the accused adopted the extremist ideology and attempted
Left: Municipality officials sealing a shop, and (right), officials inside one of the storerooms. Public Relations and Media Department at Kuwait Municipality stated the campaign dubbed ‘Your health is our responsibility’ continues nationwide.
In a statement, head of the emergency team at Jahra Municipality Ali Al-Quwaid said officers Every time the Committee for Joint Monitoring and Follow-up on Cafés affiliated to the Council of Ministers embarks on inspection campaigns, it comes across the negative phenomenon of women serving men in cafes, even during the late hours of the night. Such a phenomenon gives the impression that the operators of those cafes are deliberately perpetrating violations, reports Al-Rai daily.
Coordinator of the committee Faisal Al-Hafez disclosed that a seized and destroyed 500-kg of expired foodstuff deemed unfit for human consumption during an inspection of a depot in Sulaibiya area.
For his part, head of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Municipality’s emergency team Nasser Al-Hajri said campaign was recently launched in some cafés in Salmiya and Hawally areas.
He explained that the officials caught 30 women who violated the Constitution by serving customers late in the night. Many of the workers who were caught working there had absconded from their real sponsors.
Al-Hafez affirmed that the law of Public Authority for Manpower stipulates that women should not be working in café joints that are
to kill as many securitymen as possible.
The Public Prosecution charged the citizen with deliberately running over with the intention to kill a number of securitymen who were on duty at a security checkpoint during the National Day celebration. The prosecution disclosed the accused used his vehicle which he prepared to commit the crime.
The prosecution said the accused drove fast towards the securitymen who were standing at Dasman Roundabout. He ran over Al-Anzi many times causing injuries mentioned in the Forensic report and these injuries led to the death of the latter. The prosecution added that the accused ran over five other securitymen who were rescued and given proper medical care.
Meanwhile, the Misdemeanor Court of Cassation acquitted two Ministry of Education employees of allegedly causing a huge loss of funds in their offices.
The Public Prosecution Department charged both employees of committing serious errors through which their respective offices lost huge sums. The employees allegedly caused loss of KD 193,000 due to their nonchalant attitudes.
The Court of Appeals sentenced the employees to three years in prison and KD 20,000 fine, although the Court of First Instance had earlier acquitted them.
Defense Lawyer Mohammad Hamza filed an appeal against the ruling, urging the court to crush the judgment. He blamed the appellate court for judging in error.
the recent campaign in the governorate led to the closure of two shops. He also said 20 violations involving foodstuff and advertisements were issued, while inspectors seized and destroyed 35-kg of expired chocolate and meat. meant exclusively for men and vice versa.
Al-Hafez revealed that the committee issued warning citations concerning transfer of sponsorship, indicating that the rate of violations in the labor market, especially those against female workers, are overwhelming.
He indicated that 70 percent of the cafés employ female servers and waiters, large majority of who are discovered to work late into the night.
Filipino stabbed in back:
Personnel from the Farwaniya Criminal Investigations Department have arrested an Egyptian for stabbing a Filipino in the back and robbing his money, reports Al-Anba daily.
As soon as the Operations Room of the Interior Ministry received a report on the incident, officers rushed to the spot and arrested the suspect.
When police arrived at the scene of the crime they found the Filipino in a pool of blood. He told police a man in dishdasha robbed his wallet, cell phone and the money which he had just withdrawn from an ATM machine, stabbed him in the back and escaped.
The Egyptian has been referred to the Public Prosecution.
KD 6,000 gold jewelry stolen:
An expatriate, identified only as (M.N.) born in 1983, has filed a complaint with the Salmiya Police Station accusing unidentified persons of breaking the door of his apartment and stealing gold jewelry worth KD 6,000 from the closet in the bedroom, reports AlAnba daily.
In his complaint, the man said the theft occurred when they were on duty.
Personnel from the Criminal Evidences Department have been summoned to lift fingerprints.
Maid arrested with
‘qat’:
Customs officers at the Kuwait International Airport have arrested an unidentified Ethiopian maid for attempting to smuggle into the country six packets of ‘qat’, reports Al-Shahed daily.
According to customs sources, the qat was concealed in her luggage.
The contraband and the maid have been referred to the concerned authority.
KD 100 stolen from car:
A GCC citizen has filed a complaint with the Taima Police Station accusing an unidentified person of breaking into his car and stealing KD 100 cash and family card, reports Al-Anba daily.
Personnel from the Criminal Evidences Department have been summoned to lift the fingerprints. Two Asian expatriates were arrested in possession of two barrels of locally manufactured liquor inside a flat in Hawally area.
According to security sources, Hawally securitymen were patrolling the area when they noticed a man running as soon as he saw the patrol vehicle. Securitymen chased him until they saw him run into a flat.
They requested for backup as well as a warrant from the Public Prosecution to