Kuwait court orders pre-trial detention of former PM
Former prime minister and ruling family member Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah is a suspect in a case of alleged mishandling of military funds.
Wednesday 14/04/2021
A 2014 file picture of former Kuwait Prime Minister Jaber Mubarak Al Hamad Al Sabah. (DPA)
DUBAI – Kuwait’s ministerial court has ordered the pre-trial detention of former prime minister and ruling family member Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah in a case over the alleged mishandling of military funds, three Kuwaiti newspapers said on Tuesday.
Al Rai and Al Jarida newspapers reported that Sheikh Jaber and former defence and interior minister Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah al-Sabah rejected the charges against them.