Prosecution orders release of ‘vote-buying’ candidate

Man acquitted of assault

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 22: The Public Prosecution has ordered the release of a fourth constituency candidate, who is charged

with vote buying in his constituency, on bail of KD 5,000.

According to the case file, the Public Prosecution charged the candidate with vote buying and inciting his aides to buy votes in his favor. However, he had denied these charges.

Earlier, criminal detectives had raided a house in Farwaniya area after receiving a tip-off that the process of vote buying was taking place there. Six female aides of the candidate were arrested in possession of huge sums of money.

Man acquitted:

The Misdemeanor Court of First Instance has acquitted a Kuwaiti citizen who was accused of verbally assaulting a female employee of the General Administration of Customs while the latter was performing official duties.

According to investigations, the plaintiff was working inside her office at the Air Cargo Building when she and the defendant broke into an altercation only because she sat inside the defendant’s office.

He allegedly insulted the woman publicly in front of many staff and visitors, saying, “You are definitely spying on me and reporting back to somebody.” The woman felt so diminished and insulted that she could not utter a word in retaliation.

However, the defense counsel Lawyer Jarrah Al-Shuraikah argued that there was no evidence to prove the allegation against his client.

He affirmed that the allegation was shrouded in serious doubt and ambiguity, and did not have any iota of truth.

Hearing set:

The Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Mohammad Al-Mutairi, has fixed the session of September 30 to rule on a case that was filed against Dr. Abdullah Al-Nafisi for allegedly offending the United Arab Emirates.

During the last session, Dr. Al-Nafisi declared that, “I am afraid Kuwait may take the step taken by her sister country the United Arab Emirates concerning the normalization, which will lead to request for permanent residency, and building of churches and graveyards, followed by demand for Kuwaiti citizenship and later nomination for membership in the National Assembly.”

After leaving the courtroom where he was tried for insulting the UAE, he said, “I think that the new generation should bite the opponents of these freedoms, this constitutionality, and this spirit that includes a lot of political modesty because I heard words from the authority.

What I heard before the esteemed court is not said in any Arab country, and the efforts to hear the defense is plausible.”