Two under probe in terror financing

KUNA’s account hacking goes to prosecution

ABU DHABI, Jan 14, (KUNA): Undersecretary of Kuwaiti Ministry of Electricity and Water Muhammad Bushehri stressed Tuesday the importance of renewable energy in achieving goals of sustainable development.

This came in a statement to KUNA at the conclusion of the tenth session of the General Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), held on the sidelines of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week with the participation of 161 countries, including Kuwait.

Bushehri, who headed the Kuwaiti delegation, said that the meetings recommended increasing and developing investments in the renewable energy sector because of its role in reducing carbon emissions, pollution and tackling climate change.

On the sidelines of the meeting, the Kuwaiti delegation held a side meeting with the UAE permanent representative at IRENA Nawal Al-Hossini, on bilateral cooperation.

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 14: The Public Prosecution continued interrogating an unidentified university professor and his brother who are accused of financing extremist elements in Syria, reports Al-Jarida daily.

The daily added, men continue to be detained pending investigation.

The daily quoting sources said the two brothers are accused of financing groups in Syria classified as terrorists by the National

A similar meeting also was held with the regional director for the Middle East and Africa at IRENA Zuhair Hamidi about the possibility of preparing a research project and a roadmap to Kuwait for investing in renewable energy within four or five years.

At the field level, the Kuwaiti delegation visited the city of (Masdar) in Abu Dhabi, the first carbon neutral and waste free city in the world that is completely dependent on renewable energy.

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Both men are said to have ‘transferred’ more than half a million dinars in cash and even if the concerned authorities during interrogations have proved that they had collected money and transferred to the terrorists.

It is noteworthy to mention that the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs had requested to freeze the financial accounts of the professor saying he was linked to groups classified as terrorists.

Referred to prosecution:

State-run Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) has referred the case of its Twitter account being hacked to the public prosecution, the agency’s Director General and Chairman Sheikh Mubarak Duaij Al-Sabah said on Tuesday.

Prosecutors will “thoroughly” investigate the act that aimed to tarnish KUNA’s image and undermine its credibility, he said in a press release, emphasizing that the state-run news agency will continue to thrust Kuwait’s accomplishments into the limelight.