Killer for mental evaluation
‘Royals’ get jail
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 28: The Criminal Court issued two prison sentences of varying lengths against a football player, two ruling family members and an Egyptian expatriate in two different cases. Also, it referred a Kuwaiti citizen who is accused of killing his sister for psychiatric evaluation to determine the level of his mental stability.
The first case was filed against a player of a famous football club, his brother, and their friend for participating in a brawl that erupted in the chalets area in Ahmadi Governorate.
They have been sentenced to two-year imprisonment with hard labor, and ordered a payment of KD 200 to suspend the enforcement of the ruling. Also, two ruling family members were also sentenced to two-month imprisonment, and payment of KD 200 for suspending the enforcement.
The second case was filed against an Egyptian fugitive who was charged by the Public Prosecution for being involved in laundering KD 270,000 that he collected from the victims for the purpose of investing in real estate activity. It is the seventh case to be issued against a real estate company accused of money laundering and “real estate fraud” through licensed real estate exhibitions, and the sale of fake apartments in Turkey for more than KD 7 million.
The company managed the collected amounts and deposited it in its bank accounts as well as made transfers on it for the purpose of disguising and concealing the illegal source for that money.
In this regard, the court sentenced the Egyptian defendant in absentia to ten-year imprisonment.
Regarding the case filed against the citizen accused of killing his sister, the Intensive Care Unit of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital had witnessed the gruesome murder. The woman in her thirties was shot dead by her younger brother, who managed to break into the room where she was admitted for treatment from the injuries she sustained in an attack that happened two days prior near her house in Salwa area where her older brother had shot her. Securitymen had arrested both brothers.
Local industry wins: The Administrative Court issued a ruling in favor of the local industry and in support of its ability to compete with imports. In the ruling, it canceled the administrative decision issued to refrain from implementing ministerial committee’s decision No. 5/2020 to impose anti-dumping duties on the imports of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries of ceramic and porcelain products that originate from or are imported from China and India, and the consequences thereof. The court obligated the relevant department to pay the expenses, as well as an amount of KD 100 as the legal fees.
The court also urged the Ministry of Finance to carry out its duty in protecting the national industry and implementing the law.
According to the lawsuit, which was filed by Lawyer Bassam Al-Asousi on behalf of the Kuwaiti company, the company’s production capacity decreased by approximately 80 percent during the last period as a result of the dumping of imported products, which were of the lowest price and quality. This led to the domination of imported products on the market, and damage to the high-quality national product.
The company also highlighted that China and India have been dumping the local market with their counterpart products at prices that are not worth the least compared to the actual cost of the products, ignoring the global trade agreement “GATT” in force in Kuwait.
Kuwaiti acquitted: The Court of Appeals acquitted a Kuwaiti citizen who was accused of abuse of power and solicitation of bribery.
According to the case file, the Public Prosecution attributed to the suspect that he, while working at the Criminal Investigation Department during the period from 31/5/2021 to 16/6/2021, had requested for himself and for others gifts in the form of money (bribe) in exchange of his alleged influence in the housing administration in the Ministry of Defense.
Representing the defendant was Lawyer Fahad Al-Badi who insisted on the innocence of his client from the accusations leveled against him.
He based his argument on article 39 of the Constitution, which stipulates that, “The freedom of postal, telegraphic and telephone correspondence is safeguarded and its confidentiality is guaranteed … Persons, their residents, and their messages are inviolable … and the inviolability of messages prohibits viewing postal, telegram or telephone messages during their transmission or interception from one person to another”.