MoI takes steps to maintain security at mosques & malls
Policemen not allowed to use phones on duty: MoI
KUWAIT CITY, May 16: Ministry of Interior has taken the necessary step to secure the mosques, commercial complexes and markets to ensure traffic safety and public security throughout the Holy Month of Ramadan.
Acting Director of Public Relations and Media Security Department Brigadier Tawheed Al-Kanderi affirmed total cooperation and coordination among concerned ministry departments to promote security and public safety, indicating the ministry will intensify security presence across the country with patrol teams along the roads in each governorate, and checking.
He appealed to Kuwaitis and expatriates to abide by traffic rules and regulations by observing the average speed limit, especially before Iftar, to prevent traffic congestion. He also urged motorists to respect other road users to avoid accidents, while parking in proper places allotted within the premises of mosques, commercial complexes, and the markets.
He noted heavy duty vehicles will be allowed on roads from 8:30 am to 10:30 am all through Sunday to Thursday.
Brigadier Al-Kanderi appealed to Kuwaitis and expatriates to respect laws of the state and customs, as well as the Islamic law, affirming law No. 44/1968 stipulates a maximum fine of KD 100 and one month imprisonment or any of the two punishments against any person who’s seen eating in public before the break of fast.
He also urged the public to desist from negative phenomenon such as begging during Ramadan, indicating campaign will be organized to arrest and deport anyone who’s caught begging.
He congratulated HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and all Kuwaiti citizens as well as expatriates on the advent of the Holy Director General of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate Lieutenant General Khaled Rakan Al-Mikrad met with representatives of several government bodies and the union of engineering bureaus for fire standby and prevention, as the summer approaches.
The meeting discussed about
Month of Ramadan.
‘No phones on duty’:
The Ministry of Interior has taken organizational decisions to control the use of cell phones, social media and firearms by its forces, reports Al-Anba daily.
This came following reports in social media — the reports which have also been confirmed by the Ministry of Interior — that a large number of securitymen are busy with cell phones while on duty monitoring roads and/or organizing traffic.
In a circular issued by the Assistant Undersecretary for Operations at Interior Ministry Major-General Jamal Al-Sayegh, personnel on field duty or other security duties are not allowed to use mobile phones or do any other media activity that has nothing to do with the task assigned to them. The circular also said ear phones worn around the necks do not go in line with duty.
The circular stressed the patrolmen should be active while monitoring the traffic and remain seated inside patrol cars.
The circular added, the law forbids patrolmen to park their vehicles on pavements during security checks. The circular said the forces are fully equipped with portable security equipment and armed with weapons allocated to them.
Saudi
deported:
The Ministry of the Interior has confirmed that the Saudi citizen Nawaf Talal AlRasheed has been deported to Saudi Arabia Saturday following a request by the Saudi authorities, reports AlRai daily.
The Interior Ministry in a statement said the deportation comes within the framework of mutual security arrangements between the two brotherly countries.