LOCALARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2019
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Manhunt launched for mysterious offi cerwho facilitated entry of
deported woman
Kuwaiti stabs Gulf officer in police presence
KUWAIT CITY, May 7: The Farwaniya se-curity authorities have
opened an extensive in-vestigation to identify an airport offi cial
who facilitated the entry of a Lebanese woman who had been deported
from the country. The same person (airport offi cial) was also
likely to have stamped the passport of her sister when she entered
the country, reports Al-Anba daily.
A security source said that the mission facing the interrogators
is not simple, especially since the history of the crime dates back
to eight years. The daily quot-ing sources, added that the
investigations conducted with the Lebanese woman did not result in
the identifi cation of the person who might have stamped her
passport.
According to security sources the Lebanese woman is in Ku-wait
despite being expelled from the country in 2009, for commit-ting
immoral acts. She was de-ported after the court found her
guilty.
The sources added after the woman was seen in Salmiya a team of
detectives was formed to track her down and was taken into custody
yesterday.
The source explained during investigations she said she had been
expelled in 2009 and en-tered the country on visit visa using the
passport of her sister in 2011 and has not left Kuwait since then,
but the passport has been stamped with exit and entry without she
having left the coun-try which is a mystery the detec-tives will
have to solve. During the interrogation, the woman denied that
there is someone who facilitated her entry and stamped the
passport.
The source said that the inter-rogations with the sister
revealed her passport was stolen by her sibling and then returned
it to her with the departure seal on it.
In the past two days, the intel-ligence offi cers have been
under intense pressure by several fi g-ures to end the case and
release the girl, sources said.
The source added it was re-vealed to the intelligence offi c-ers
that the woman since enter-ing the country was living in an
apartment with another sister and her husband, in violation of the
residence law since she entered the country on visit visa and has
not left the country for the past 8 years.
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Gulf offi cer stabbed: The Nu-waiseeb Police Station witnessed
an unusual incident when a Ku-waiti stabbed an offi cer from a Gulf
state inside the offi cers’ room in full view of the security men,
reports Al-Anba daily.
According to reports both men the Gulf citizen identifi ed only
as D.G., born in 1984 and the Kuwaiti, HH, born in 1980 were taken
to the Nuwaiseeb police station following a verbal spat at the
Nuwaiseeb border point.
The details of the incident show they were involved in a verbal
argument which devel-oped into a quarrel and later both men
exchanged blows.
When the Gulf citizen went to the area police station to fi le a
complaint, police called the Ku-waiti who said he was on his way
with a medical report.
The source added as soon as the Kuwaiti arrived, he went
straight to the offi cer and at-tacked his opponent and stabbed him
two times. An ambulance was called and he was rushed to a
hospital.
The medical report showed in-juries to the left middle fi nger
and left foot, the big fi nger in the right leg, and a stab wound
in the left side which required him to be ad-mitted to the
intensive care unit.
The source explained the Ku-waiti also has submitted a report
showing scratches on his scalp and lip.
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Two held with drugs: Security-men of Hawally have arrested two
Kuwaitis for possessing drug pills, reports Al-Rai daily.
The daily added, one of them was wanted by law to serve a
two-year prison term for drug abuse.
The daily added, the suspects were arrested during an
inspec-tion tour of one of the areas in Hawalli and the man in the
other vehicle was ordered to pull over because both men looked
nerv-ous when they saw the police vehicle.
When police searched their car as a precautionary measure, they
found the drug pills. They were referred for a blood test at the
Criminal Evidences Department to fi nd out if they had abused drugs
or not.
KFSD photo
Fire-fi ghters during one of the exercises.
KFSD conducts intensive fi re drillThe Control Sector of Kuwait
Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) in Capital Governorate launched an
intensive drill exercise recently.
According to a press release is-sued by KFSD, the drill exercise
was based on scenarios of fi ve fi re incidents. The fi rst
scenario was a fl at on fi re on the fi rst fl oor of a
multi-storied building. The second
scenario was a tanker containing highly infl ammable material on
fi re. The third scenario was a bak-ery on fi re, the fourth was a
vehi-cle on fi re after colliding with an-other, and the fi fth
scenario was a rescue mission.
Capital Fire Station headed by its director Colonel Bashar
Al-Nafei participated in the exercise. The
fi refi ghters were divided into two teams – one for
extinguishing the fi re, and the other for rescue opera-tion.
The exercise was held under the guidance of Director of Capital
Fire Department Colonel Ahmad Hayef Al-Rashidi who said continuous
training is signifi cant for improving the performance of the fi
refi ghters.
Immunity frees two MPs
Verdict upheld against supporters of Al-BarrakBy Jaber
Al-Hamoud
Al-Seyassah Staff
KUWAIT CITY, May 7: The Court of Appeals presided over by Judge
Hani Al-Hamdan upheld the verdict issued by the Court of First
Instance which sentenced media personality Saad Al-Ajmi, Anwar
Al-Fakr and others to two-year im-prisonment with bail bond of
KD
2,000 for distributing the speech made by former MP Musallam
Al-Barrak at Erada Square.
Earlier, the Court of Appeals had convicted a number of
defendants except MPs Jama’an Al-Harbash and Nayef Al-Mirdas due to
the parliamentary immunity they had at that time.
According to the case fi le, the Public Prosecution had charged
the
suspects of offending His Highness the Amir by distributing the
speech made by Al-Barrak, urging the court to impose maximum
penalty, which is fi ve-year jail term, on the defendants.
The suspects were referred to the court based on the accusations
made by Ministry of Interior. The Criminal Court had sentenced them
to two-year imprisonment with bail bond of KD 3,000.
When I was jailed in Iraq (Part 1)By Ahmad alsarraf
AFTER the 1967 war between Egypt, Syria and Jordan on one side
and Israel on the other ended, resulting in the loss of the rest of
the Palestinian territories, Sinai and Syria’s “Golan Heights”
(even though the then radio announcer Ahmed Al-Saeed claimed we won
the battle), a friend of mine and I decided to travel to Iran for
entertain-ment purpose and to sell our cars there. We decided to
sell our cars because Ford was added to the boycott list due to its
strong support towards Israel, which had recently became a
province, prior to lifting the ban nearly 40 years later.
It was necessary to fi rst travel to Basra, cross a dilapidated
bridge over a river between Iraq and Iran (perhaps the Karun River)
on the outskirts of Basra, and then traverse on a dusty road with
palm trees on both sides in order to reach the Ira-nian city of
Abadan.
I was working at the Gulf Bank at that time, and a Palestinian
employ-ee came to know about my intention to travel to Iran, which
was in good relations with Israel. He gave me an envelope and asked
me to post it anywhere in Iran, as it would arrive in Gaza, Israel
much faster that way instead of through an Arab country due to the
then strained communi-cations between the Arabs and Is-rael.
During the security and cus-toms inspection of travelers’ cars
at Safwan border checkpoint, the inspector noticed the letter with
an Israeli address on it. He then be-came suspicious and checked my
bags to fi nd some small transistor radios. The inspector then
looked at me, shook the letter at me, and said, “You are a spy and
a smug-gler. We must hand you over to the authorities”.
This was the beginning of my
suffering in the minus-fi ve star pris-ons of Iraq. They were
nothing like the fl oors of some hotels in Beirut, which are way
below the condi-tion of our roads. My friend who was traveling with
me in his car saw what happened to me, turned around and returned
to Kuwait.
Even though more than 50 years have passed since that miserable,
ridiculous and scary incident, I still feel bad. After all these
years, it seems nothing has changed in our democratic, free and
popular countries. Prisons and execution-ers are still the same. In
fact, things have worsened and the future looks darker.
I was investigated by the chief of the center and I explained
the actual story, insisting that I was not a spy, and that I was
carrying a letter on the basis of humanitarian considerations.
However, he was not convinced by what I said. He argued that we
should not make life easier for the Palestinians, and not leave
them to cope with the current situation because of which we must
never accept the occupation and we must continue to resist.
He then opened the letter and read it to realize it was just an
or-dinary letter addressed to a family. He scrutinized the letter
to check if anything was written in “secret ink” between the lines,
but he found nothing. He then took out a small bottle with a yellow
solution from his desk drawer and poured some of it on certain
parts of the letter, prob-ably to fi nd some hidden message, but he
was again disappointed.
When he was completely out of ideas and did not want to admit
his incapability, he said he would put me in jail until a report
arrives from the Baghdad intelligence about the truth behind the
“secret” message.
Rest will be continued in tomor-row’s article.
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e-mail: [email protected]
alsarraf
Other Voices
MoI photo
The body of the technician lying on the tarmac.
Indian technician dies at airportAn unidentifi ed Indian
technician died while on duty on the tarmac of the Kuwait
International Airport, re-ports Al-Rai daily.
When paramedics arrived at the scene, they failed to revive the
man.
In the same context, the Kuwait Airways announced that a
‘serious accident’ occurred which led to the
death of one of its technicians while towing of one of the
company’s B777 aircraft free of passengers and crew from the
airport yard to Terminal 4.
The sources said the KAC has opened an investigation into the
in-cident to fi nd out the causes of the accident that led to man’s
death.
Visit to fi re stations: Lieutenant Gen-eral Khaled Al-Mikrad
visited a number of fi re stations in South of Kuwait and wished
the fi re-fi ghters on the occasion of the holy month of
Ramadan.
According to a press release issued by Kuwait Fire Service
Directorate (KFSD), he conveyed compliments from Deputy Prime
Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Anas Khaled
Al-Saleh.
Lieutenant General Al-Mikrad listened to a number of suggestions
presented by fi re-fi ghters to develop the work process, and
assured them that he will review and study these suggestions.
He urged them to exert more efforts in carrying out their duties
and deal with all incidents.
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Shops inspection: The Inspection and Follow-up Department of
Farwaniya Municipality launched an inspection campaigns covering a
number of shops to determine their adherence to the Mu-nicipality
rules and regulations, reports Al-Seyassah daily.
During the campaign, which was headed by Director of Inspection
and Follow-up Department of Farwaniya Municipality Nasser Marzouq
Al-Rasheedi, a total of 90 shops were inspected and 35 citations
were issued.
Al-Rasheedi revealed that the viola-tions included displaying
unlicensed
Gangs brawl
2 hurt in fi ghtKUWAIT CITY, May 7: Two indi-viduals sustained
stab wounds in a bloody fi ght among two groups of youths in
Sulaibiya.
The daily quoting a source said the youths had gathered at a
park-ing lot in Sulaibiya area when they started exchanging insults
due to former disputes. He noted the argument later escalated to
ex-change of blows and use of sharp objects resulting in the
stabbing of two people. They were referred to a hospital for
treatment.
advertisements or advertisements with expired licenses, and not
displaying the commercial license in an appropriate location among
many others.
He stressed the need for shop own-ers to follow the rules and
regulations applicable to all shops, affi rming that Municipality
inspectors can conduct sud-den inspection campaigns at any
time.
Meanwhile, the Public Relations De-partment of Kuwait
Municipality called on all Kuwaiti citizens and expatriates to
cooperate with the monitoring au-thorities and report incidents by
taking pictures and sending to the social media account of Kuwait
Municipality “@kuwmun” or reporting via the hotline No. 139, affi
rming that the concerned offi cers will deal with the complaints
immediately.
News in Brief
Al-Mikrad
